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EPA cancels race-related training sessions

by Elizabeth Duan | September 16, 2020
“EPA postponed upcoming race-related training sessions after the White House ordered the agencies to suspend what it called “anti-American propaganda” across the federal government. Kyla Bennett, a director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, suspected ...

DOJ asks court to dismiss lawsuit challenging Pendley appointment

by Elizabeth Duan | September 15, 2020
“The Trump administration is asking a federal court to throw out a lawsuit challenging the authority of William Perry Pendley and Margaret Everson to lead the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service, respectively. In essence, DOJ argues, each of the two plaintiffs — ...

Dump Suit Over Agency Leadership Roles, Feds Say

“The Trump administration has urged a D.C. federal court to toss a suit accusing it of unlawfully filling leadership roles at the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service without…” Read the PEER Story… ...

Talking Points: Autumn 2020

by Elizabeth Duan | September 11, 2020
“With only 400 left in existence, the North Atlantic right whale has now been officially listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Of the remaining whales, only 100 are breeding females, putting the risk of extinction in even ...

Daily on Energy: Top House Republican blasts Trump’s ‘awful’ offshore drilling ban

by Elizabeth Duan | September 10, 2020
“Democrats leading the House Natural Resources Committee plan to join a lawsuit accusing Interior Secretary David Bernhardt of illegally authorizing William Pendley to act in the role of director of the Bureau of Land Management without Senate confirmation. Chairman Raul Grijalva ...

House roundtable rips Pendley, looks to ‘BLM 2.0’

“House Democrats torched William Perry Pendley and his ongoing stint at the Bureau of Land Management helm yesterday, calling him a “bigot” and an “anti-Teddy Roosevelt” bent on marginalizing conservation of federal and tribal lands. Some of the sharpest ...
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