Death Valley’s Park Service Wants Them Gone. But Are Wild Donkeys Really the Enemy?
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Susan Sargent | October 14, 2019
DEATH VALLEY National Park is stunningly barren. Silt hillsides crowned with rock and scree give way to dry streambeds and barren salt flats, the air dancing under a pitiless sun. The largest park in the lower 48 states, it contains the lowest elevation point in the country — nearly 300 ...
Bison group sues to get FOIA fulfilled; Yellowstone bison population reported
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Susan Sargent |
A Montana-based bison advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Yellowstone National Park and the Department of Interior after not receiving requested records through Freedom of Information Act requests more than a year ago. Attorneys for Buffalo Field Campaign filed the complaints in U.S ...
Maryland’s renewable energy facilities break pollution rules, say groups calling for enforcement
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Susan Sargent | October 11, 2019
Many facilities that supply Maryland with renewable energy have exceeded pollution limits or otherwise broken environmental rules, violating a state law, according to a complaint sent by environmental groups to state energy and law enforcement officials. Maryland law says that any company ...
Why we can’t run from ‘forever chemicals’
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Susan Sargent | October 10, 2019
Chemicals called perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been used for decades to make products more stain-resistant, waterproof or nonstick. They’re used in cookware to keep food from clinging to pots and pans. They’re incorporated into clothing, like rain gear, to help repel ...
Sierra Club sues EPA over claim that climate change ‘is 50 to 75 years out’
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Susan Sargent |
The Sierra Club sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday after the agency refused to turn over any documents to back up Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s claim that climate change “is 50 to 75 years out.” The Sierra Club had filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ...
Toxic Chemicals Are Found in Blades of Artificial Turf
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Susan Sargent | October 9, 2019
“FRANKLIN — For two years, an abandoned pile of artificial turf had decomposed on a bluff here, a few feet above wetlands that are part of the suburb’s drinking water supply. Nearby, ripped bags with the infill of the turf, tiny pellets of shredded tires, littered the embankment ...
