STATE NEWS: GREAT LAKES FUNDING, COYOTE KILLING, SUPREME COURT CAMPAIGN
From: Door County Pulse “A coalition of groups is asking a federal wildlife agency to take a “hard look” at Wisconsin contests aimed at killing coyotes. The coalition includes wolf protection groups in Madison, Duluth, Minn., and Washington D.C.-based Public Employees for ...
PRUITT TABLES EPA ORDER ON GE TO REMOVE PCB’S FROM RIVER
From: Eco Watch “”Pruitt has positioned himself to hand out multi-million dollar favors to corporate polluters subject to almost no review,” stated PEER New England Director Kyla Bennett, a former EPA scientist and attorney, adding that Superfund is Pruitt’s sole ...
PUBLIC INPUT TO HELP SHAPE MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR MONTANA WILDLIFE REFUGES
From: Missoula Independent “Several people who are part of an active lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service attended both meetings this week. Susan Reneau is one of 10 co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, last ...
CALL OF THE WILD? ENVIRONMENTALISTS LIVID OVER CELLPHONE PLAN FOR NATIONAL PARK
From: The Guardian ““The point of wilderness is that it’s supposed to be free from the accoutrements of civilization,” said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which has campaigned against cell towers in national parks across the ...
TRUMP BUDGET CUTS WOULD REDUCE TSUNAMI WARNINGS AND RESEARCH
From: Truthout “The Trump administration budget proposal would put large numbers of people at risk by reducing funds for Tsunami warnings, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) — an advocacy group representing staff members of government agencies ...
CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRESS AT TRUMP’S EPA IS GRINDING TO A HALT, WORKERS REVEAL
From: The Guardian “Current and former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees have described how work on climate change is grinding to a halt at the agency, with programs being scrapped and fears that staff may be reassigned away from climate-related tasks.” Read more ...
