State politics hamstring EPA’s pursuit of polluters
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Elizabeth Duan | March 19, 2021
“There are countless ways EPA can execute President Biden’s campaign promise to “hold polluters accountable” and pursue environmental offenders “to the fullest extent permitted by law.” But one decision EPA enforcement agents will have to make will be ...
Trump rule imperils more than 40,000 waterways
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Elizabeth Duan |
“More than 70% of U.S. waterways reviewed under a controversial Trump-era rule could be permanently damaged after they were not afforded federal protection, according to Army Corps of Engineers data obtained and reviewed by E&E News. The agency reviewed 55,519 waters and water ...
Tsunami warning system is restored
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Elizabeth Duan | March 18, 2021
“The system of ocean buoys that helps warn Hawaii and the rest of the nation about tsunamis is back working after being knocked out of commission for nearly a week. “The total loss of the DART network seriously compromises the effectiveness of our tsunami public safety net, ...
Feds unjustly firing Converse oilfield whistleblower, group contends
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Elizabeth Duan | March 17, 2021
“A watchdog group challenged the proposed firing of a federal environmental analyst Tuesday after he criticized plans to allow the Converse County Oil and Gas Project to degrade raptor nesting sites. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a national group that supports ...
Watchdog blames NOAA for lack of transparency on tsunami tracking system outage
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Elizabeth Duan |
“There are new allegations that the staff at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was told to keep quiet about an outage of a key data system that had been down for days. Jeff Ruch is with the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Alleged ...
Whistleblower case tests BLM commitment to career officials
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Elizabeth Duan | March 16, 2021
“A hearing today to decide the fate of a Trump-era whistleblower who claims he was punished for raising concerns about a proposed oil and gas project in Wyoming could be a “litmus test” for how the Biden administration treats career Bureau of Land Management employees. So ...