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Trump Administration Abruptly Ends Key Law Enforcement Program at Wildlife Refuges

by PEER | October 2, 2018
From: The Hill “The nation has 562 national wildlife refuges spread across 20.6 million acres of public land. Unlike national parks, mining, drilling, hunting and farming are all regulated activities on certain refuges. “Our dual-function officers were an integral aspect of refuge ...

Helicopter Noise Suit Goes to Appeals

by PEER |
From: West Hawaii Today “The lawsuit seeks an injunction for the FAA to implement the Air Tour Management Plan over Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, something both the FAA and the National Park Service has failed to do for 18 years despite Congressional legislature, said Bob Ernst, ...

Trump Admin Touts Children’s Health Programs Amid Questions About Ousting Top Scientist

by PEER |
From: ABCNews “”Children’s health is a top priority at EPA, and we have made tremendous progress improving air and water quality and helping kids and families lead healthier lives,” Wheeler said in a statement Monday. Advocacy groups, however, say they have doubts about the ...

EPA Makes Changes at Research, Child Health Offices

by PEER | September 28, 2018
From: CNN “Michael Halpern with the Union of Concerned Scientists, which has opposed other Trump administration moves, said combining the offices would bury a once-influential position “deep inside one specific part of EPA.” In past administrations, the science advisor has ...

US Government Officials Visit, Learn About Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

by PEER |
From: Char-Koosta News “CSKT employees were escorted off the National Bison Range by armed officials and locked out pending an investigation of the claims. CSKT Vice Chairman Leonard Grey worked as a volunteer at the time and recalled his experience to Sweeney. “It was truly an insult ...

US Advocacy Group Sues EPA over Unreleased Formaldehdye IRIS Assessment

by PEER | September 27, 2018
From: Chemical Watch “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a US alliance of state and federal professionals, is suing the US EPA for failing to respond to a public records request related to an assessment of formaldehyde. The claim relates to an unreleased revised ...
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