Governor, Legislature did nothing to stop manatees from starving

by Susan Sargent | March 20, 2022
I talked to Jerry Phillips of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility about this. He said the state could be passing laws to make pollution rules stronger, require more inspections and monitoring, even shorten the timeline and increase the penalties for violators. “We need ...

Study blasts BLM for failures in managing Nevada rangeland

by Susan Sargent | March 18, 2022
A study of public records shows the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is failing to achieve its own “land health” standards, which should sound an alarm in Nevada, where 63% of the state is controlled by the agency. The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ( ...

PFAS in Plastic Pesticide Containers: Latest Update

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified the fluorinated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) industry (manufacturers, processors, distributors, users and so-called disposers of fluorinated polyolefin containers) by letter on March 16, 2022, about the potential for per- and ...

Florida’s governor and Legislature did nothing to stop manatees from starving

by Susan Sargent | March 17, 2022
I talked to Jerry Phillips of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility about this. He said the state could be passing laws to make pollution rules stronger, require more inspections and monitoring, even shorten the timeline and increase the penalties for violators. “We need ...

NPS: What Do You Think About Helicopter Tours In Hawaii’s National Parks?

For years, residents on Maui and Hawaii island have raised alarms about the buzzing choppers and the disruption they cause in neighborhoods and natural areas. Eventually, a group of Big Island residents fed up with the noise — called Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono, or HICoP — ...
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