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Water tests show toxins near Rensselaer landfill, environmental groups say

by Elizabeth Duan | March 14, 2020
“Water tests taken at three locations near the Dunn Landfill found elevated levels of toxic chemicals, environmentalist groups said Saturday. The groups, the Rensselaer Environmental Coalition and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the toxic levels of PFAS ...

Blue Ridge Parkway Roads and Trails Swell to 15 Million Visitors in 2019, Budget Shrinks

by PEER | March 10, 2020
“Nancy Midgette, in her volunteer role as a ‘Craggy Rover,’ acting as a helping arm to the Blue Ridge Parkway rangers at Craggy Gardens, learned she can talk for four hours straight. That’s about how long she spent talking to visitors on her four-hour shifts last summer ...

How Trump Has Filled High-Level Jobs Without Senate Confirmation Votes

by PEER | March 9, 2020
“The titles are a mouthful. There’s the deputy director exercising the authority of director for the National Park Service, and the senior official performing the duties of the director at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This is how President Trump is filling dozens ...

USFW Finds ‘No Significant Impact’ of Drilling on Baca Refuge; Lexam Given Green Light?

by PEER |
“On Wednesday, October 22, 2008 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released a Final Environmental Assessment for the Planned Gas and Oil Exploration on Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Saguache County, Colorado (Final EA) authorizing the Canadian firm Lexam Explorations (U.S.A ...

Cal-OSHA, Coronavirus, Worker Dangers & Crisis In CA with Dr. Larry Rose, Former Director

by PEER | March 8, 2020
“Dr. Larry Rose, former Cal-OSHA Medical Director talks about the serious staffing crisis at the agency with only 1 doctor and 1 nurse for California’s 19 million workers. He also talks about how this affects the health and safety of not only workers but the public and the ...

Proposed Federal Rules Would Allow More Killing by States of Fish-Eating Cormorants

by PEER | March 6, 2020
“A federal lawsuit put a halt in 2016 to many lethal measures being used to controlling growing numbers of double-crested cormorants in New York and 23 other states east of the Mississippi River. That may soon change as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently soliciting ...
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