Ousted EPA Official in California Says He Was Pushed out for Being Too Bipartisan

by Susan Sargent | February 6, 2020
“Abruptly dismissed from office Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency’s top official for California and the Pacific Southwest speculated he was terminated because of his congenial relationship with Democratic politicians. In a statement released Thursday, and provided to ...

Trump’s Regional EPA Chief in California Is Suddenly Removed From His Job

by Susan Sargent | February 5, 2020
“The Environmental Protection Agency’s top official in California was abruptly removed from office Wednesday. No reason has yet been given for Mike Stoker’s dismissal. In an email sent to staff members of the environment agency’s Pacific Southwest regional office, EPA ...

Land Bureau May Exempt Plans From Environmental Review

by Susan Sargent | February 4, 2020
“The Bureau of Land Management may stop studying how its long-term blueprints for millions of acres of public lands would affect the environment, according to a document shared with Bloomberg Environment. Land use plans are updated every two decades or more, and govern the management ...

Taxpayers Fleeced Once Again

by Susan Sargent | February 3, 2020
Public Lands Livestock Operations Pay the Bare Minimum ...

The Trump Official Who Could Obliterate Public Lands

“It’s a natural fit for an administration as chaotic and corrupt as President Donald Trump’s that William Perry Pendley, who loathes America’s public lands, was picked last September, and reappointed in January, to manage them. The Bureau of Land Management, which Pendley now ...
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