Environmentalists and Feds Reach Settlement Over Bison Mgmt
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Susan Sargent | January 31, 2019
From: Courthouse News “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said “a new era may be dawning” over management of the National Bison Range in Moiese, Montana. Management of the range has been inconsistent in the last decade. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai ...
Tampa Sewage Meltdown Early Eco-Test for Desantis
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Susan Sargent | January 30, 2019
Federal Intervention Needed If State Continues to Ignore Major Pollution Violations ...
Trump’s EPA Just Handed Another Gift to Big Polluters: Letter to the Editor
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Susan Sargent | January 29, 2019
From: Cleveland “With new rules imposing the greatest restrictions on the Clean Water Act since its passage in 1972, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has handed yet another gift to big polluters by drastically curtailing the number of protected waterways and wetlands. An ...
While Others Suffered, the Trump Admin Kept Pushing Oil and Gas Drilling During the Shutdown
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Susan Sargent |
From: Red Green and Blue “Critics have blasted Interior for showing favoritism to the oil and gas industry during the 35-day government shutdown by calling some federal employees in to work to issue drilling permits on public lands; to keep some national parks open by diverting entrance ...
Oil and Gas Efforts Proceed and Public Lands Opened to Hunters During Government Shutdown
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Susan Sargent | January 28, 2019
From: Earth Island Journal “Over the past several weeks national parks have been trashed, climate change research stalled, and crucial wildfire prevention work halted — all while oil and gas drilling efforts continue to cruise along and national wildlife refuges are reopened to hunters ...