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Environmental group files lawsuit to conserve Old Spanish Trail

by PEER | December 11, 2024
The Old Spanish Trail is the focus of a new lawsuit issued by the Public Employees for Environment Responsibility (PEER). This trail is among the National Historic Trails. “They are historic routes of national significance,” said John Hiscock, Old Spanish Trail Advocate. The Old ...

Feds sued over Old Spanish Trail management

by PEER | December 10, 2024
The suit points in part to the Bureau of Land Management recently providing for only a 50-meter trail buffer when it comes to surface disturbances related to oil and gas leasing in its amended resource management plan for the Grand Junction Field Office. Plaintiffs in the suit include ...

Lawsuit alleges federal agencies failed to protect Old Spanish National Historic Trail

by PEER |
Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleging the federal government has failed to protect the Old Spanish National Historic Trail. The suit alleges that the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management ...

Lawsuit aims to protect historic Old Spanish Trail from ‘eco-assault’ in Nevada, across Southwest

by PEER |
A Nevada conservation group is among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed on Monday, Dec. 9, that aims to protect the historic Old Spanish Trail as development spreads into remote regions in the Southwest. The lawsuit alleges failure to provide a comprehensive management plan, arguing the ...

Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection From Lawsuits.

by PEER | December 6, 2024
But critics point to research that for years has detected PFAS in wastewater. Recent studies have also explored how the chemicals can move from the soil into water and plants, and then to the livestock that feed on them. Regarding Synagro, “it seems crazy to be able to say they’re a ...

Trump moves spark fear of brain drain at environment agencies

by PEER | December 5, 2024
Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said his group is hearing from some workers that they may leave the federal workforce out of concern that their jobs may no longer be stable. “If they were uncertain about whether to retire now or ...
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