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TRUMP OFFICIALS UNDER FIRE FOR TAPPING “TEMPS” TO HEAD KEY INTERIOR AGENCIES

by Susan Sargent | February 13, 2018
From: McClatchy “In a complaint filed with the Interior Department’s Inspector General, the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility charged that Interior was “completely bypassing Senate confirmation” with its appointments of acting directors to lead the ...

COMPLAINT FILED OVER INTERIOR DEPARTMENT’S USE OF ACTING DIRECTORS IN PLACE OF NOMINEES

From: The Hill “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) sent a complaint to the Interior Department’s Office of the Inspector General on Monday arguing that the department is misusing and abusing the roles of at least three temporary acting directors.” Read ...

ZION NATIONAL PARK CONSIDERS LIMITING VISITORS, AND OTHER PARKS MAY FOLLOW SUIT

From: Backpacker “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which represents U.S. park rangers and other land managers, has come out in favor of putting visitation limits in place across the NPS.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

COMPLAINT CALLS ACTING DIRECTORS INVALID

by Susan Sargent | February 12, 2018
From: Greenwire “In the six-page complaint lodged with Interior’s Office of Inspector General, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility contends the Trump administration’s use of temporary or acting directors violates a law that limits how long nonconfirmed officials ...

COYOTES IN PENNSYLVANIA – WHAT’S THE LATEST INFORMATION AND RESEARCH?

From: Penn Live “The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed the complaint against the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services’ use of a 1975 USDA study to support its mass-killing programs.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

GROUP SUES FOR ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC-INTEGRITY DOCUMENTS

From: E&E “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) says the agency failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request that sought research objectives and communications related to its scientific integrity policy.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
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