Editorial: Scott is a Disaster on Environment
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PEER | September 20, 2018
From: Ocala Star Banner “From the moment the health-care multimillionaire swept into office on 2010′s Tea Party anti-tax, anti-regulation wave, he began slashing the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the five water management districts, cutting budgets, skilled staff and ...
Florida Editorial Roundup
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From: Washington Times “What got slashed? The state’s network for water monitoring shrank from 350 monitoring sites to 115, according to Florida International University’s Southeast Environmental Research Center. Enforcement of anti-pollution regulations slowed to a crawl. The DEP ...
Labor Dept.’s OFCCP to Visit Hundreds of Contractors in the Coming Months
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PEER | September 17, 2018
From: Federal News Radio “The Government Accountability Office may weigh in on how the Interior Department has been filling vacant political positions. In emails obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, GAO said it may look into “time violations” at Interior ...
Editorial: Scott Must Answer for Environmental Malpractice
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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 ...