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Interior Department Accused of Hiding Key Info on Impacts of Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

by PEER | March 13, 2019
From: Gizmodo “There’s still a lot scientists don’t know about how the Trump Administration’s plan to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska would impact its delicate ecosystems. That much is clear from newly-released documents the Fish and ...

Grand Teton National Park Seeking Comment On Telecommunications Plan

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From: National Parks Traveler “The purpose of the assessment is to consider a right-of-way permit request for updating and expanding telecommunication capabilities in developed areas of Grand Teton National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, and connecting to Yellowstone ...

Federal Obama Holdovers Are Entering a Court ‘Slugfest’ For Allegedly Firing Someone Illegally

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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

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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

by PEER | March 12, 2019
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’

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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 ...
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