Pendley ruling could undo Trump’s oil and gas approvals
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Elizabeth Duan | October 14, 2020
“To hear him tell it, William Perry Pendley’s ousting by a federal judge last month from acting with the authority of the director of the Bureau of Land Management was no big deal. In Pendley’s interview with the Powell Tribune, he said the court cases against him ...
BLM pushes ‘correct the record’ campaign on Pendley
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Elizabeth Duan |
“The Trump administration continues to assert that a federal judge’s scathing order forbidding William Perry Pendley from leading the Bureau of Land Management has had no impact on Pendley or the bureau’s leadership. Interior has been on the offensive regarding Pendley ...
Greens sue Forest Service to release intel on timber audit
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Elizabeth Duan | October 13, 2020
“An environmental group geared toward public employees is suing the Forest Service to obtain an audit of the agency’s timber sales from the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said it’s looking for evidence that the timber ...
Lawsuit seeks release of Tongass timber sale audit
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Elizabeth Duan |
“A watchdog group hopes a lawsuit will shake loose more evidence of lost revenue from timber sales on the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. The borough government in Petersburg has also sought answers about what’s been done to fix problems with little response. Public ...
High PFAS Levels Found in Oysters and the St. Mary’s River
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Elizabeth Duan | October 12, 2020
“Testing results released this week by the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) indicate high levels of PFAS toxicity in oysters and river water associated with the use of the chemicals at the Webster Outlying Field of the ...
A Judge’s Ruling Aims to Oust Public Lands Chief. Now Some Want His Decisions Tossed, Too
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Elizabeth Duan |
“Molvar, who leads the conservation group, Western Watersheds Project, said public lands like Unaweep Canyon should remain natural to help people understand how healthy ecosystems look and to address climate change. Otherwise, he said, “we’re going to have a planet that ...