Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found in Artificial Turf
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Susan Sargent | October 8, 2019
PFAS CHEMICALS HAVE been identified in synthetic turf, according to lab tests performed on several samples of the artificial grass that were shared with The Intercept. The presence of the chemicals, members of a class that has been associated with multiple health problems, including ...
What the BLM Shake-Up Could Mean for Public Lands and Their Climate Impact
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Susan Sargent |
The changes underway at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management might not seem like much: A few hundred employees are being relocated from offices near the White House and dispersed throughout the West, while agency leaders move in next door to energy companies in newly leased headquarters in ...
Groups Returning To Court To Force FAA To Adopt Air Tour Management Plans For Parks
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Susan Sargent |
Unsatisfied with how the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park Service have responded to a lawsuit to force them to implement air tour management plans for airspace over national parks, two groups are heading back to court to force the agencies to accomplish that goal. ...
BLM Whistleblower’s Appeal to be Heard in Several Weeks
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Susan Sargent | October 5, 2019
Craig Hover a 21 year veteran with the Bureau of Land Management in Ely was dismissed earlier this year in April, and has since challenged his dismissal, with the help of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Charges that this discharge was illegal retaliation in ...
Federal regulators take heat from both sides of the right whale-gear debate
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Susan Sargent |
Federal fisheries regulators are taking heat from both sides of the debate over protections for the endangered North Atlantic right whale. The latest salvo comes from a conservation group representing public employees, which says the National Marine Fisheries Service ignored its own ...
Amid Legal Questions, Contract Extended For Acting Head Of Land Management
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Susan Sargent | October 3, 2019
The Trump administration says the controversial acting head of the Bureau of Land Management is keeping his job through the end of the year, despite legal questions surrounding his appointment. Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: So why would President Trump leave a federal agency without a ...