Glacier Offers Plan to Phase Out Sightseeing Flights at Park
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Susan Sargent | September 6, 2021
“Frustrated by noisy helicopters around national parks in Hawaii, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono sued to force the government to comply. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., ruled in their favor in May 2020 and ...
Glacier unveils plan to phase out sightseeing flights over park
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Susan Sargent |
“FRUSTRATED BY noisy helicopters around national parks in Hawaii, two groups — Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono — filed a lawsuit seeking to force the government to comply. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C ...
Whistleblowers Come Out Against EPA, Alleging Corruption
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Susan Sargent | September 2, 2021
“Four scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency have come forward and shared that the agency has been siding with chemical companies and approving chemicals with potentially dangerous health effects. Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Sharon Lerner, a reporter ...
The FAA Is Enabling Helicopters to Ruin the Outdoors
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Susan Sargent | September 1, 2021
“In 2019, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono (HICOP) sued the FAA and NPS to force them to implement the law. Their suit named seven NPS sites: Bryce Canyon, Glacier, Great Smoky Mountains, Haleakala, Hawaii Volcanoes, ...
How Biden’s team rushed to dump a Trump-era PFAS assessment
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Susan Sargent |
“Kyla Bennett, who directs science policy for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, meanwhile expressed alarm. The conversations, she said, “prove what we always suspected — Trump Administration political appointees improperly manipulated science at EPA,” ...