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INDIANA DUNES STATE PARK PAVILION OPPONENTS ASK PORTER COUNTY PROSECUTOR TO STEP INTO THE FRAY

by PEER | April 26, 2018
From: NWI.com “According to the letter, the two groups, which have been at odds with the DNR and Pavilion Partners since it came to light in 2015 that the state was seeking a private company to do renovations to the 90-year-old pavilion and other projects at the state park, are ...

FOREST SERVICE DOCUMENTS DON’T SHOW FIX FOR TONGASS TIMBER SALES

by PEER | April 25, 2018
From: KTOO Public Media “An environmental advocacy organization says the U.S. Forest Service doesn’t appear to be taking steps to correct costly problems in Tongass timber contracts. The federal agency has released thousands of pages in response to its Freedom of Information Act ...

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP CONTRACTOR SAYS HUNTERS POINT WORK WAS DONE BY THE BOOK

by PEER |
From: San Francisco Business Times “The Pasadena-based corporation has been accused of fraud by the Navy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice and the Public Employees for Environmental ...

EPA HEAD SCOTT PRUITT HAS BEEN EMBROILED IN SCANDALS. HERE’S HOW HE’S SURVIVED

by PEER |
From: Time “Pruitt has reversed the trajectory at the EPA and placed business concerns on an even playing field with environmental protection. And, as a result, the most significant rules, including the Clean Power Plan and a rule regulating waterways across the country, are ...

DUNES GROUP ASKS PROSECUTOR TO REVIEW PAVILION PROJECT CONSTRUCTION PERMITS

by PEER |
From: Chicago Tribune “Dunes Action and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, have asked Porter County Prosecutor Brian Gensel to investigate what the two groups believe are unauthorized construction activities at the Indiana Dunes State Park pavilion.” ...

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS GETTING SUED BY TEENS FOR HIS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES

by PEER | April 19, 2018
From: Teen Vogue “A report released by the Florida chapter of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility stated that in 2014 there was an 85% drop in environmental regulation cases opened by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection compared to 2010 numbers.” ...
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