New EPA rule could expand number of Trump officials weighing in on FOIA requests
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Susan Sargent | June 26, 2019
From: The Hill ““It’s exceptionally difficult to litigate on the ‘basis of responsiveness.’ There is no record,” said Kevin Bell, staff counsel at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “FOIA litigation is always pretty one-sided, there is no discovery … now ...
Trump Administration Is Suppressing Science and Public Opinion to Drill the Arctic Refuge
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Susan Sargent |
From: Center for American Progress “In December 2018, the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The review was criticized for being ...
‘Failing and struggling’: How financial decisions hobbled the National Bison Range
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Susan Sargent |
From: The Missoulian “A 10-month investigation by the Missoulian charted a years-long funding crunch at this group of National Wildlife Refuges, one that began when the Fish and Wildlife Service kept $624,076 intended for the Bison Range Complex at its Denver Regional Office. Fish ...
National Bison Range faces detailed planning process
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Susan Sargent |
From: The Missoulian “The plan for the Bison Range was mandated by a 2017 legal settlement between Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The planning process typically takes three to five years. But the Fish and Wildlife ...
EPA Moves To Eviscerate Employee Unions
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Susan Sargent |
Union Powers Sharply Curtailed in Non-Bargained 7-Year “Agreement ...