Federal Obama Holdovers Are Entering a Court ‘Slugfest’ For Allegedly Firing Someone Illegally
From: The Daily Caller “Members of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) will appear at a hearing Thursday to argue over the handling of former CSB managing director Daniel Horowitz’s termination from the agency. The hearing will be a “political slugfest” between political ...
Interior Hid Scientists’ Criticism of ANWR Drilling: Report
From: E&E News “Newly leaked Interior Department documents raise questions about the environmental review of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain. The documents show that federal scientists drafted 18 memos detailing the environmental “ ...
Action Jackson: Of Poachers, Grizzlies and Coexistence
From: Counter Punch “Bob was on a roll until he brought an elk-poaching case against a hunting guide who had worked for an outfitter named Harold Turner — a case he discusses in the podcast. The Turner family, which owns the famous Triangle X Ranch in Jackson Hole, is friends with ...
Vice President Mike Pence: ‘America will never be a socialist country’
From: USA Today “Since taking office, Trump has dismantled several of former President Barack Obama’s environmental protection efforts. The Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal enforcement of anti-pollution cases is at a 30-year low, according to a Public Employees for ...
Employee Group Concerned About Cuts to Park Service Training
From: Federal News Network “How often have you heard the complaint that the first thing cut when budgets aren’t right is training? At the National Park Service, that seems to be the case, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The group called the agency ...
Journalist Claims State Dept Rescinded Award Because She Criticized Trump
From: ABC News “Flor De Maria Vega Zapata was awarded for leading a team of environmental enforcement prosecutors in Peru that protects natural resources, biodiversity, and public health. But under the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal enforcement ...
