Department of Interior announces e-bike regulations despite lawsuit, conservation concerns
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Elizabeth Duan | October 10, 2020
“The Department of the Interior on Friday announced that it finalized electric bike (or e-bike) regulations that it says paves the way for land managers to allow more people, especially older Americans and those with physical limitations, to experience bicycling on public lands ...
Pendley on BLM: ‘I’m still here, I’m still running the bureau’
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Elizabeth Duan | October 9, 2020
“William Perry Pendley, who led the Bureau of Land Management illegally for more than a year, told a Wyoming newspaper this week that a federal judge’s ruling barring him from performing the duties of director “has no impact, no impact whatsoever” on his actions ...
Regulators detect ‘forever chemicals’ in St. Mary’s, but say there are ‘no levels of concern’
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Elizabeth Duan | October 8, 2020
“Environmental regulators have detected some low levels of harmful “forever chemicals” in St. Mary’s waters after sampling several sites in the St. Mary’s River, but environmental advocates are unsure whether the levels are concerning. Maryland’s PFAS study in Southern ...
Feds Keeping Up with Aviation Policies During Covid
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Elizabeth Duan |
“In another area, the FAA, by court order, is reigniting its joint effort with the National Park Service to develop air tour management plans (ATMPs) over 23 national parks. This is an issue that literally spans decades when Native American communities, environmentalists, the ...
Tests find low levels of “forever chemicals” in some Maryland oysters
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Elizabeth Duan |
“A new round of testing for “forever chemicals” in St. Mary’s County, MD, found “no levels of concern” in oysters or in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay tributaries where the shellfish were growing, according to state environmental officials. Working with the St. Mary’s ...
NYC Educators Say Air In Schools Won’t Keep Them Safe From Coronavirus, File State Complaint
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Elizabeth Duan |
“In a complaint filed this week, a group of New York City teachers and other school staffers charged that their workplaces are unsafe and that more rigorous testing of campus ventilation systems is necessary during the coronavirus pandemic. Representing the educators are the Public ...