US government is funding kills of endangered animals, activists say
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Susan Sargent | August 31, 2023
But the coalition said the interior department’s statement is misleading. Federal money cannot be used to purchase bullets or guns for the hunts, which are paid for with state money, said Jeff Ruch, an attorney with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) non-profit ...
Public lands had a roller coaster month
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Susan Sargent |
ULTIMATELY, HOWEVER, all the protections in the world don’t mean a whole lot if they aren’t enforced. Just as he has for more than three decades, Cliven Bundy continues to run his cattle illegally on public lands in southern Nevada, where they gnaw on sparse vegetation and trample ...
Judge questions TSCA scope in novel case
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Susan Sargent |
Bob Sussman, an attorney representing intervening plaintiff groups responsible for the initial independent testing, the Center for Environmental Health and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, argued that the rule covers both impurities and byproducts. Sussman filed a motion ...
Turf War: South Florida Cities Spend Millions for Fake Grass Despite Resident Outcry
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Susan Sargent | August 29, 2023
“You are literally laying down acres of plastic, which means that you are destroying that habitat, that soil for any kind of insect life or wildlife,” says Bennett, New England director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and PEER’s director of ...
New water standards present challenge
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Susan Sargent | August 24, 2023
Environmental protection organizations are quick to point out that the EPA’s proposed limits do little to mitigate a much larger problem. In a statement released on March 14, 2023, in response to the EPA’s announcement, Public Employees for Environmental Protection (PEER) stated that ...
BLM whistleblower says illegal grazing is ruining land along the Rio Grande River
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Susan Sargent | August 21, 2023
Shawcroft is represented in her complaint by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a non-profit that works with public employees who want to point out government wrongdoing. The Bureau of Land Management named Shawcroft its range management specialist of the year in 2012 and ...