BLM Conservation Rule Not Ready for Prime Time
Agency Lacks Capacity to Accomplish Intended Conservation Goals ...
Did Navy spill radioactive material from secret lab?
by American Military News | June 26, 2023
The situation at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard has resulted in ongoing litigation, with the Navy and the U.S. Department of Justice facing 12 lawsuits related to the site. Residents living in a previously turned-over parcel have reported health issues and attribute them to the ...
US navy accused of cover-up over radioactive shipyard waste
by The Guardian | June 25, 2023
The EPA initially said the new testing “reads as if the navy is suppressing data results it doesn’t like”, but the agency has since been silent on the issue, and the Navy’s Office of Inspector General has refused to investigate, said Jeff Ruch, an attorney with the Public Employees ...
The Biden administration wants to make conservation equal to ranching and mining in the West. The GOP won’t have it.
by Colorado Sun | June 22, 2023
The whistleblower group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says it questions the BLM’s ability to apply land health standards on all lands, not just grazing lands, particularly when “approximately 1/3 of the grazing lands, nearly 41 million acres, are unassessed,” it ...
Fish and Game kills over 100 bears and wolves to boost Mulchatna caribou numbers
by Alaska Public Media | June 21, 2023
Environmental agencies have criticized the state’s approach to predators, saying that it compromises healthy populations of wildlife through predator control. Last year, the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility requested that the U.S. Department of Interior end the use ...