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House Aides to Grill EPA Official About Formaldehyde Review

by Susan Sargent | December 12, 2019
“Congressional investigators tomorrow will scrutinize the role a former Koch Industries Inc. executive may have played in sidelining a health review of formaldehyde. New records show David Dunlap, the top-ranking political official in EPA’s Office of Research and Development, ...

E-Bikes in National Parks Challenged

“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Acadia National Park visitors Phyllis Koenig and David Perel have joined a lawsuit against the National Park Service and Department of the Interior for allowing “e-bike use throughout the National Park System.” The legal complaint was filed last week by ...

Acadia Visitors Join Lawsuit Against E-Bikes in National Parks

“Two regular Acadia National Park visitors have joined a lawsuit challenging the National Park Service and Department of the Interior decision to allow ‘e-bike use throughout the National Park System.’ The legal complaint was filed last week by Public Employees for ...

Florida Environmental Fines Dip by Half in a Decade

“Florida’s environmental cops fine fewer than half as many polluters today less than half as much than they did a decade ago, before former Gov. Rick Scott took office and shifted state regulators to a more pro-business posture, state data shows. Through the first week of ...

Groups Sue to Keep E-Bikes off National Park Trails

by Susan Sargent | December 10, 2019
“This summer, the National Park Service came out with a policy allowing electric bicycles in the same places as traditional bikes. A new federal lawsuit is challenging that rule. Last week, the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, led a coalition of ...

Debate Continues over BLM Move as Workers Face Decision Deadline

“WASHINGTON – Bureau of Land Management employees in Washington have until this week to decide whether to accept a transfer out West – a move that some advocates and former bureau managers see as an attempt at “dismantling” the agency. Notices went out Nov. 12 to 159 workers ...
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