‘It’s Glacial’: One Agency Is Still Struggling to Overcome the ‘Assault’ on Its Workforce
by Government Executive | March 7, 2023
The department, which declined to comment for this story, has recognized it is facing a crisis. It is being asked to do more than ever before, but has fewer people with which to do it. In a recent workforce planning document, Interior said the infrastructure law and the GOAO will force it ...
PEERMail | Reversing a Shocking Pesticides Decision
Because the overuse of pesticides is a significant cause of pollinator collapse, we are in this battle for the long term ...
Inside the Battle for Air Tourism Vs. the Right to Silence in Our National Parks
by Outside | March 6, 2023
The parks were spurred into decision-making by a 2019 lawsuit filed by the non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which resulted in a court order demanding that any park hosting more than 50 sightseeing air tours a year develop a management plan by August 22 ...
Environmental group highlights possible hazards of turf fields as Norwalk, Wilton consider projects
by The Wilton Bulletin | March 4, 2023
During the webinar, Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with the Maryland-based nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the presence of PFAS is inevitable when it comes to turf fields. “Nobody is going to be able to provide you a PFAS-free field,” ...
500-Mile-Long Power Line Hits a Roadblock: Ice Age Fossils
by Yahoo News |
The NPS cautioned in comments filed to BLM last year that “The construction of the transmission line…will have the potential to impact paleontological resources, including an undetermined number of fossil remains and unrecorded fossil sites,” according to the Public Employees for ...