Editorial: Scott Must Answer for Environmental Malpractice
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PEER | September 17, 2018
From: My Palm Beach Post “With a horrific red tide killing marine life and tourism on Florida’s southwest coast, and with toxic green algae bringing misery to the Treasure Coast and Fort Myers area on a now-annual basis, it’s understandable that Gov. Rick Scott would want to run away ...
While You Weren’t Looking: 5 Stories from Trump’s America That Aren’t About Hurricanes
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From: Mic “The memo was released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit environmental protection group that has repeatedly butted heads with the Trump administration over its lack of commitment to protecting wildlife and biodiversity. “This across-the-board ...
Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Spared From Hunters as Court Decides Their Fate
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From: Truth Out “Conservation groups and nine Native tribes intervened with lawsuits challenging the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to remove endangered species protections for the bear population in and around Yellowstone, and a federal court in Missoula, Montana, heard oral ...
Dunes Action Calls on DNR to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Pavilion Project Changes
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From: Chesterton Tribune “Both Dunes Action and the National Park Service (NPS) have recently sent letters to the DNR. NPS asked that the DNR direct Pavilion Partners LLC to either revert to the original plans for restoration, submit new plans for review, or consider converting the ...
GAO May Weigh in on Zinke’s Temporary Filling of Political Positions
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From: Federal News Radio “In February, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility urged Interior’s Office of the Inspector General to look into what it considered “blatant violations” of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. More specifically, PEER took issue with the agency’s ...
Navy’s Hunters Point Retesting Plan Draws on Questionable Cost-Cutting Study
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From: San Francisco Chronicle “The U.S. Navy’s latest promise to clean up radioactive soil and buildings at its former San Francisco shipyard relies on an earlier Navy effort to remove less radioactivity in order to cut costs, The Chronicle has learned. The perplexing move has ...