The nature of Yosemite hangs in the balance as national parks juggle growth, preservation
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Susan Sargent | September 5, 2019
Each summer, cars fill the roads that snake through Yosemite, clogging some of the nation’s most iconic scenery with a churning gridlock. There were days this season when more than 8,000 vehicles passed through the gates, and the park’s website warns that visitors may spend hours ...
CSB ends appeal of ruling on chemical emissions disclosure
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Susan Sargent | August 26, 2019
“The Chemical Safety Board has dropped its appeal of a federal court decision that requires the agency to regulate the reporting of chemical emissions resulting from industrial incidents, according to a motion filed Aug. 8. On Feb. 4, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court ...
Earthtalk: Cell towers in national parks
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Susan Sargent |
“Cell phone towers have sprouted up in national parks across the country because the National Park Service lacks any coherent policy and instead lets telecommunications companies decide where and how many towers will be constructed,” says Jeff Ruch of the non-profit Public ...
Hightower: If You Drain the Swamp, Where Do the Swamp Critters Go?
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Susan Sargent |
From: Magic Valley “Pendley’s zealotry carries him even deeper into paranoiac nuttiness. He lists a sextet of villains he believes are “at war” with western civilization: radical environmentalists, federal bureaucrats, the media, academia, Hollywood and “ignorant” Americans ...
CDC scientist George Luber seeking whistleblower protection
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Susan Sargent |
“George Luber alleges that the agency retaliated against him for speaking out on climate change and for raising concerns that it was shifting funds intended for climate change and health programmes to other areas. Represented by the non-profit Public Employees for Environmental ...
Climate Politics
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Susan Sargent |
From: Resilience “George Luber, an official with the Asthma and Community Health Branch of the National Center for Environmental Health, intends to file a whistleblower complaint over his treatment at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after having raised concerns about ...