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Yellowstone OKs FONSI for fiber optic cable installation

by PEER | February 16, 2022
“Work by the applicant is still not authorized to begin until or if a right-of-way permit is approved and issued,” said  Yellowstone public information specialist Linda Veress. “Also, just because a FONSI is signed doesn’t mean the project has been approved. It just ...

Senior BLM official won’t testify in whistleblower case

by PEER | February 15, 2022
Interior said in its motion that Loewen was fired in November 2021 “based on his unacceptable performance and failure to follow instructions.” Peter Jenkins, a senior counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which is representing Loewen in the matter, countered in ...

Letter to Senate Leaders to Fill MSPB Vacancies

by PEER |
The undersigned civil society organizations urge you to allow the full Senate to consider and vote on pending nominations to all three vacancies on the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), which serves millions of federal employees as the primary adjudicative agency for worker claims of ...

Whistleblower case ensnares senior BLM official

by PEER | February 11, 2022
Interior said in its motion that Loewen was fired in November 2021 “based on his unacceptable performance and failure to follow instructions.” But lawyers for the government watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which is representing Loewen, counter ...

PFAS turf field debate moves to Select Board

by PEER | February 9, 2022
But for environmentalists and at least one member of the School Committee, Dr. Tim Lepore, the jury is still out. The concern is over the turf field, and not only the potential for environmental harm to the groundwater from chemical leaching, but an allegation that the school has attempted ...

Md. Lawmakers, Boaters Fight FERC License For Hydro Dam

by PEER | February 7, 2022
Maryland lawmakers, a conservation nonprofit and a charter boat association all urged the D.C. Circuit to vacate a 50-year license issued to a 570-megawatt hydroelectric dam, arguing federal energy regulators didn’t… Read the PEER Story… ...