Around the Hubs: Biocides
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Susan Sargent | June 13, 2018
From: Chemical Watch “Two US NGOs, Beyond Pesticides and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), have strongly criticised the US EPA’s new proposal on science transparency for exempting registration data on biocides and pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, ...
Environmental Group Protests Zinke’s Staff Cuts at Wildlife Center
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Susan Sargent |
From: Gephardt Daily “The National Bison Range — the 10th most visited refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System with more than 200,000 visitors a year — has a third less staff than it had 15 years ago, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said in the letter.&# ...
Declaring a Public Health Crisis at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco , a Federal Superfund Site
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Susan Sargent |
From: San Francisco Bay View “As a former physician specialist for the San Francisco Department of Public Health and founding chair of the Radiological Subcommittee of the Hunters Point Shipyard Restoration Advisory Board, I hereby declare the Hunters Point Shipyard to be a public ...
Environmental Group Calls Bison Refuge Closures A ‘Vendetta’
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Susan Sargent |
From: Boise State Public Radio “”The Fish and Wildlife regional office is waging the equivalent of bureaucratic war against the National Bison Range,” says Ruch. PEER claims that war involves cutting budget and staff. Ruch says the refuge can see more than 200,000 ...
Green Group Hits Administration Over Staff Cuts that Hamper Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
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Susan Sargent | June 12, 2018
From: The Hill “In a letter sent Monday to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) argued that recent steps taken by the overseeing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office to diminish staff at the park to 4.5 on-site staff hurt the ...
