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OIL RIGS AND COWBOYS: INTERIOR AGENCY GIVES EMPLOYEES NEW CARDS TO WEAR

by Susan Sargent | March 15, 2018
From: Washington Post “The Bureau of Land Management has distributed an unusual new accessory for some of its employees to wear: A card with an image of an oil rig on one side and cattle ranching on the other.”> Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

EPA CASE DRIVES CALLS TO STRENGTHEN WHISTLEBLOWER RULES FOR PRIVATE FIRMS

From: InsideEPA “Paula Dinerstein of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, who served as lead attorney on the case, said the proceedings also demonstrate the “extremes a federal agency will pursue to remove a whistleblower” and the “enormous amount of persistence it ...

ALGAE BLOOMS ALREADY CAUSING DAMAGE IN BAY AREA

From: Fox 13 “This year, 10 manatees have already died from red tied, according to the nonprofit government watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).”>Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

MANATEE DEATHS ON PACE TO SET ANOTHER RECORD | THUMB DOWN

From: TC Palm “While advocates such as the nonprofit government watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility worry the figures prove manatees need more protection, others suggest the death totals are only higher because the number of manatees is on the rise.”> ...

LAKE’S ONLY PAIR OF MANATEES SURVIVE WINTER AS MANATEES DIE AT RECORD PACE

From: Orlando Sentinel “The trademark Florida species is designated as endangered by the federal government. Jeff Ruch, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility executive director, has said he fears for the manatees’ future.”>Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

EXTREME WINTER WEATHER BECOMING MORE COMMON AS ARCTIC WARMS, STUDY FINDS

by Susan Sargent | March 13, 2018
From: The Guardian “A sharp increase in temperatures across the Arctic since the early 1990s has coincided with an uptick in abnormally cold snaps in winter, particularly in the eastern US, according to new research that analyzed temperature data from 1950 onwards.”>Read more ...
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