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“Trump on Tuesday officially withdrew William Perry Pendley’s nomination for director of the Bureau of Land Management, although he remains the de facto head of the agency. The administration said in August it would withdraw the nomination, but was waiting until the Senate ...

“House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is following through on his pledge to have his committee ramp up pressure on the Trump administration to remove William Perry Pendley from atop the Bureau of Land Management. Grijalva, along with Reps. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) ...

“Recognizing that things have gotten so out of hand, Congress must enact new, strong enforcement mechanisms to free us from the grip of “alternative facts.” Failure to do so will mean we did not learn the hard lesson of the Trump experience and we have left the door open for it ...

“Bayview-Hunters Point, California, a site of nuclear contamination, is one of the biggest environmental injustices in United States history, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. To address the environmental and health risks of the area, community members ...

“Critics fear EPA’s creation of a “new office to clean up old mines” in the West will let at least some mining companies off the hook. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Executive Director Tim Whitehouse also said the announcement “has come as a ...

“Dr. Helmig worked at the University of Colorado-Boulder for 25 years as both a teacher and atmospheric scientist. Never had he received anything but an above satisfactory performance review from his bosses. Yet, on one recent spring morning he was told to expect a Zoom call from the ...