Project 2025 Is at the Center of Trump 2.0
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PEER | May 14, 2025
“Even though Project 2025 laid it out, it’s even scarier, I think, in person watching it happen,” Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told Sierra. “I used to work at EPA, and when I talk to people who are still there, they ...
Conservation Groups Say Project 2025 Would Gut Wildlife and Public Land Protections
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PEER | August 20, 2024
The plan also calls for amending the National Environmental Policy Act to favor big business. Among other provisions, NEPA requires the federal government to include the public in federal land decisions. Project 2025 directs a future administration to set page limits and arbitrary ...
Public Comments: How to Make Yours Count
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Elizabeth Duan | January 17, 2024
We’ve all been there. We thought we were doing our civic duty, participating in democracy by auto-filling our names and addresses on form letters sent out by our trusted NGOs, adding our voices in the public comment period on public lands, wildlife, or social justice issues. But does it ...
Wolf Advocates Organize to Restore Protections for the Persecuted Species
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Susan Sargent | October 26, 2021
While wolf advocates await a decision from USFWS, some wildlife activists are pursuing a parallel strategy of trying to use financial pressure to compel states to drop their anti-wolf laws. The Global Indigenous Council, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the Center for ...
Who Wants More ATVs?
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Elizabeth Duan | April 29, 2021
“Inyo County has old-growth forests and pristine alpine lakes nestled between granite peaks that top 14,000 feet. Home to bears and marmots, this remote California county also boasts volcanic tablelands, high-elevation desert, and the oldest trees on Earth. Many endangered and ...