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Glacier Park Officially Allows E-bikes

by PEER | September 19, 2019
The National Park Service on Thursday announced it would allow electric bikes in Glacier National Park and other national parks on roads and trails where traditional bikes are allowed. This means Glacier visitors will be able to use e-bikes when traveling Going-to-the-Sun Road and other ...

“Forever Chemical” Requires Cradle to Grave Approach

by PEER |
Washington, DC, Sept. 19, 2019 — The absence of any federal standards for tracking and managing wastes contaminated with per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) poses a major and growing threat to our health, water, and soil, according to a rule-making petition filed today by Public ...

Firm with Spotty Past Regains State’s Car Inspection Contract

by PEER | September 18, 2019
“The company that developed Massachusetts’ first auto emissions inspection program — technology that proved to be inaccurate for the first five years of its use — has won back the contract to install its equipment in garages across the state. Applus Technologies Inc. was ...

Trump puts opponent of public lands in charge of public lands

by PEER | September 12, 2019
For generations, our country has been Mother Nature’s steward, setting aside and protecting important expanses of public lands for posterity. But what if these lands and natural resources suddenly got a “steward” who was a predator, rather than a protector? Meet William Perry Pendley ...

Report: Using funds to keep parks open in government shutdown violated law

by PEER |
WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration violated federal law when it diverted funds for national park improvements toward keeping places like Grand Canyon National Park open during the last government shutdown, the Government Accountability Office has now reported. The 17-page legal ...

Trump Plans for Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge Clear Big Hurdle

by PEER |
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration said that oil drilling in part of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would have a negligible environmental impact, clearing the way for lease sales to oil companies this year. The finding by the U.S. Department of Interior was backed by Alaskan ...
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