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From: Times Picayune “In 1992, the Louisiana black bear was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The listing was justified by the loss of bear habitat and human-related mortality. It is estimated that 80 percent of the bear’s bottomland forest habitat was ...

From: Safety+Health Magazine “Most states have expanded their whistleblower protection laws over the past 12 years, including 10 states that have done so in their most recent legislative sessions, according to an analysis by watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental ...

From: HoumaToday.com “Environmental groups, including Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and others filed the lawsuit June 28 in Washington. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted prematurely, “based on flawed assumptions and shoddy science,” when it took ...

From: E&E news “The suit says there are fewer than 700 in the wild, since other black bears are breeding with the Louisiana bears. “They’re actually making things worse rather than achieving a recovery of this species,” said Paula Dinerstein, counsel for Public ...