FEDS’ DISCOUNTED GRAZING FEES HURT TAXPAYERS, ENVIRONMENT, REPORT SAYS
From: The Daily Yonder ““While heavily subsidized grazing is not new to this administration, reducing low fees even further is a step in the wrong direction,” said Kirsten Stade, advocacy director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). “Keeping grazing ...
Brian McKenna: Michigan Environmental Anthropologist
An anthropologist in the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Department of Behavioral Sciences, Brian works as an environmental scholar. Three years before joining academia, Brian was hired by the Ingham County Health Department to conduct an analysis of environmental issues within ...
INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE’S NRA VISIT AMONG SEVERAL TRIPS BEING QUESTIONED
From: CNN “Internal emails obtained by the nonprofit group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and shared with CNN, show the logistical hoops Park Service staff jumped through when they had to divert an agency boat from its usual Ventura, California, location to meet Zinke ...
THE EPA WANTS TO COMBINE THREE OFFICES INTO ONE. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW
From: Buzzfeed News “”By merging these offices, to me, it seems like another nail in the coffin of science,” Kyla Bennett, who ran wetland enforcement and permitting in EPA’s New England region under the Clinton and Bush administrations.” Read more . . . Read the ...
Ben Lomeli: Standing Up for Scientific Integrity
Ben called on PEER to assist his efforts to save Arizona’s San Pedro River from excessive groundwater withdrawals ...