EPA Denies Petition to Stop Cyanide Use that is Killing Wildlife
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PEER | December 5, 2018
From: Beyond Pesticides “The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a petition seeking to ban M-44s — cyanide-spraying apparatuses used to kill coyotes, foxes, and wild dogs that may prey on livestock. Submitted to the EPA in August 2017 by the Center for Biological Diversity ...
Quick Hits: Drunk Raccoons, New Park Service Director, and Shiver in the River
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PEER | December 4, 2018
From: Blue Ridge Outdoors “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) worry about Vela’s commitment to preserving the wilderness, pointing to Vela’s decision as Southeast director to allow off-road vehicles in public lands adjacent to Florida’s Big Cypress National ...
Hunters Point Shipyard Residents Face No Radiation Risk, State Says
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PEER | December 3, 2018
From: SF Weekly “State public health officials are once again seeking to assure residents of on a segment of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard embroiled in a fraudulent cleanup that the there are no radiation risks. Calls for retesting of Parcel A-1, where more than 300 homes sit, ...
Federal Employees Warned Not to Engage in Trump ‘Resistance’ Activities at Work
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From: Breitbart News “Advocating for a candidate to be impeached, and thus potentially disqualified from holding federal office, is clearly directed at the failure of that candidate’s campaign for federal office,” the rule states. “Similarly, advocating against a candidate’s ...
Action Jackson Slows His Life Down to Raise Bison
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From: Wayne Count Independent “A modern cowboy, but without the stereotypical bowed legs and lid of chaw in his back pocket, Bob “Action” Jackson has settled down on his little Yellowstone on the south fork of the Chariton River near Promise City, Iowa. Bison graze in the shade of a ...
Even Within the Herd, There Will Always Be Rebels That Do Not Fit
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From: Wayne Count Independent “Yellowstone Park shows no curiosity about why and how Mountain Bison are different,’” Jackson said, noting the park fears the legal consequences of recognizing differences. ‘Yellowstone’s Mountain Bison of Pelican Valley need to be recognized for ...