Letter to Sec. Deb Haaland – NODAP at Dept of Interior
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Susan Sargent | April 19, 2022
DESCRIPTION: PEER letter to Secretary Deb Haaland on Interior’s continued use of the harsh personnel policy known as Notice of Opportunity to Demonstrate Acceptable Performance process, known as a “NODAP.” TO: Secretary Deb Haaland FROM: Tim Whitehouse, PEER DATE: April 19, 2022 ...
Low-Flying Helicopter Prompts Concerns At Yellowstone National Park
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Susan Sargent | April 15, 2022
At Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which successfully sued the agencies for not moving more quickly on establishing air tour plans, Jeff Ruch said park superintendents pretty much have their hands tied when it comes to airspace over their parks. “Park ...
Foreign Research Vessels Free to Wreak Eco-Havoc
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Susan Sargent | April 14, 2022
No Notice, Permits, or Monitoring; Mass Beaching of Rare Whales Probed ...
Study finds thousands of acres of ‘failing’ BLM rangelands within Gunnison County
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Susan Sargent | April 13, 2022
Over 200,000 acres of land used for livestock grazing in Gunnison County and the adjacent lands are failing to meet the Bureau of Land Management’s own land-health standards, according to an analysis of BLM records obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a ...
Colorado will have hundreds more air pollution sources to permit. Here’s how the state is gearing up.
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Susan Sargent |
Lack of pollution modeling staff and permitting procedures too friendly to industrial polluters were among the criticisms leveled at the health department by internal whistleblowers in 2021. The whistleblowers, from the Air Pollution Control Division’s modeling staff, asked the EPA ...
