Hampton Took Heroic Actions as Whistleblower
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Susan Sargent | November 21, 2021
My organization represents whistleblowers. Our mission is to protect the employees who protect our environment. That entails supporting public employees in their efforts to ensure transparency in government and science-based decision making. Not surprisingly, the most common barrier our ...
National Park Disservice
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Susan Sargent | November 17, 2021
National Park Service employees told consultants hired by the agency in 2018 that they felt disrespected, consistently witnessed or experienced abusive behavior and generally were subject to a toxic work environment. But agency leadership never disclosed the results of that review ...
Letter to Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
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Susan Sargent |
DESCRIPTION: COMMENTS ON Proposed Amendment to Rules Governing Certificates of Need and Site and Route Permits for Large Electric Power Plants and High-Voltage Transmission Lines, Minnesota Rules Chapters 7849 and 7850 and Governing Notice Plan Filing Requirements, Minnesota Rules, part ...
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Releases New Water Quality Guidance Standards
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Susan Sargent | November 16, 2021
A Long Island environmental group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), released a map of where PFAS chemicals are being used at industrial facilities across the state. Organizations representing local governments, parents, and teachers, and communities are urging ...
A 2019 Report Found National Parks Employees Felt Abused and Harassed, but the Agency Never Released It
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Susan Sargent |
The report came to light only after Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility disclosed it on Monday. The National Park Service subsequently distributed it to employees and posted it on its website. PEER accused NPS of seeking to bury the report, and while the agency said it has ...