Louisiana Officials to Consider State’s First Black Bear Hunting Season in Decades
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Susan Sargent | October 19, 2023
While state wildlife officials point to the Louisiana black bear’s resurgence as a true conservation success story, the proposed hunt is not without controversy. In 2018, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a lawsuit alleging that native black bear ...
A new ally in enviros’ fight against artificial turf: Swifties
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Susan Sargent | October 17, 2023
“Taylor Swift is a powerful voice given her popularity, and she uses her platform to raise awareness and spark change,” said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, who has advocated against plastic athletic fields being ...
New Superintendent of Appalachian Trail Has Record Of Fiscal Misconduct
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Susan Sargent |
Just five years after an Interior Department investigation determined then-Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Ed Clark had “committed criminal violations by submitting false travel vouchers and by accepting more than $23,000 in meals, lodging, and other in-kind gifts ...
Paid administrative leave still plagues the federal workforce
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Susan Sargent | October 11, 2023
We’ve had several clients who were put on extended administrative leave without any guidelines, any boundaries on that administrative leave. In a prominent case, we represented a former managing director of an agency who was put on leave by his agency, paid for three years, which was ...
Efforts to bring black bear hunting season back to Louisiana
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Susan Sargent | October 9, 2023
McPherson said if the commission chooses to bring black bear hunting season back it wouldn’t be until the 2024-2025 season. He said it will be a limited hunt so not many animals will be taken initially. “And it will be strictly controlled and hopefully this will be one of Louisiana’s ...
Water board delays decision on SSFL discharge permits
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Susan Sargent | October 7, 2023
Jeff Ruch, director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, argued that the revised permit would not adequately protect communities downstream. Ruch raised concerns about more than 300 chemicals at SSFL not being covered by the proposed permit, the absence of discharge limits ...