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Watchdog Accuses Trump’s NOAA of ‘Choosing Extinction’ for Critically Threatened Right Whales by Hiding Scientific Evidence

by Elizabeth Duan | July 10, 2020
“As the North Atlantic right whale was placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s list of critically endangered species Thursday, environmental protection groups accusing the U.S. government of bowing to fishing and fossil fuel industry pressure to downplay ...

Pendley’s Own Words Disqualify Him from Leading the BLM

by Elizabeth Duan | July 9, 2020
“Almost a year after he was first appointed acting director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), William Perry Pendley is finally set to go before the Senate for a legally mandated confirmation hearing sometime later this year. This seems like a good opportunity to remind you, ...

Northern Right Whales Are on the Brink, and Trump Could Be Their Last Hope

“Instead of acknowledging these risks and initiating dynamic management in these newly utilized areas, NOAA is entrenched in the old way of doing things, resulting in more right whale injury and mortality,” said Kyla Bennet, science policy director for the Public Employees for ...

Confirmation would add little to Pendley’s job description

by Elizabeth Duan | July 8, 2020
“Senate approval of William Perry Pendley, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, wouldn’t affect the agency’s daily operations in any significant manner, legal experts and former senior bureau officials say. Interior in recent weeks has ...

Environmentalists File Complaint Over Massachusetts’ Aerial Pesticide Spraying

“Environmentalists filed a complaint Wednesday with state’s inspector general over aerial spraying of insecticide to control mosquitoes carrying Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). The disease is rare, but can be deadly. There were 12 human cases in Massachusetts last year, six ...

Despite fears of EEE-carrying mosquitoes, aerial spraying poses greater danger, environmentalists say

by Elizabeth Duan | July 7, 2020
“As the state ramps up its response to what officials fear could be another dangerous summer for eastern equine encephalitis, environmental advocates are warning them to avoid relying on aerial spraying to reduce transmission of the deadly, mosquito-borne disease, an approach they ...
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