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Coronavirus Roundup: Military Cases Spike; July 4th Concerns Grow; Free Masks for Feds

by Elizabeth Duan | July 2, 2020
“Jeff Ruch, Pacific director for the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said individuals should follow Fauci’s guidance and not attend fireworks displays either on the National Mall or Mount Rushmore. “Park Service and other government workers working ...

EPA to end contentious enforcement policy

by Elizabeth Duan | June 30, 2020
“EPA announced yesterday it would terminate a controversial temporary enforcement policy this summer that allowed companies to ease reporting requirements. Former EPA attorney Tim Whitehouse welcomed the news but claimed a larger environmental enforcement reprieve during the Trump ...

Listening to Silence: Why We Must Protect the World’s Quiet Places

“It is a frosty March morning in the Hoh Rainforest, deep within Olympic National Park in Washington state. The forest is full of Jurassic ferns, hanging moss, and towering spruce and cedars, but what I hope to find is an absence. I seek a spot known as the “One Square Inch of ...

It Will Take Years to Undo the Damage from Trump’s Environmental Rollback

by Elizabeth Duan | June 29, 2020
“The Trump administration’s response to a pandemic that has killed more than 120,000 Americans and forced much of the country into a devastating economic slowdown has been a massive failure, leading to new levels of anger and disappointment at the president. But none of that has ...

Trump nominates controversial, longtime acting head of land management bureau as director

by Elizabeth Duan | June 26, 2020
“President Trump on Friday nominated William Perry Pendley, who has controversially served as the acting head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for months, to lead the agency. “Pendley has a long record of opposing the very existence of the public lands he now oversees,” ...

Colorado should do more to control PFAS contamination

“There is growing scientific evidence that the COVID-19 virus disproportionately impacts those with compromised immune systems. Unfortunately, segments of the Colorado public may be more at risk because of long standing contamination from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), ...
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