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Obama holdovers settle years-long personnel case a day before it was supposed to go to a hearing

by | March 14, 2019
From: Daily Caller “The chaos that rocked the agency under Moure-Eraso’s has continued since his departure. Morale at the agency is at the lowest levels of any federal agency and its own employees alleged that the work environment is “toxic,” according to comments taken anonymously ...

Park plans big wire up

by | March 14, 2019
From: Jackson Hole News & Guide “Detractors of lining Teton park with cell towers exist, especially the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which sued last spring over alleged violations of the Freedom of Information Act relating to a 2017 request for a trove of ...

Grand Teton National Park pursuing disputed cell-tower build

by | March 14, 2019
From: San Francisco Chronicle “”Part of the point of wilderness is the ability to be disconnected and feel alone, but if somebody on the same trail can order a pizza, or sell stock, or chase Pokemon, that takes away from the visitor experience,” said Jeff Ruch with the group ...

Bury the Science, Then Claim It Doesn’t Exist: Interior Department Undermines Arctic Drilling Review

by | March 14, 2019
From: Union of Concerned Scientists “According to documents obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and posted online this week, the Interior Department failed to consider more than a dozen internal memos from staff scientists raising scientific and environmental ...

Environmental group says Interior hid gaps in ANWR science

by | March 14, 2019
From: KTOO Public Media “An environmental group has published 18 memos by government scientists that outline gaps in knowledge about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The group claims the information should have been included in the Bureau of Land Management’s report on possible ...

Judicial Watch: The nation’s FOIA champion

by | March 14, 2019
From: Washington Times “In second place was the American Civil Liberties Union with 130 requests, followed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (94 requests), Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (88) and Electronic Privacy Information Center (74) to round ...

Interior Department Accused of Hiding Key Info on Impacts of Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

by | March 13, 2019
From: Gizmodo “There’s still a lot scientists don’t know about how the Trump Administration’s plan to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska would impact its delicate ecosystems. That much is clear from newly-released documents the Fish and ...

Grand Teton National Park Seeking Comment On Telecommunications Plan

by | March 13, 2019
From: National Parks Traveler “The purpose of the assessment is to consider a right-of-way permit request for updating and expanding telecommunication capabilities in developed areas of Grand Teton National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, and connecting to Yellowstone ...

Federal Obama Holdovers Are Entering a Court ‘Slugfest’ For Allegedly Firing Someone Illegally

by | March 13, 2019
From: The Daily Caller “Members of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) will appear at a hearing Thursday to argue over the handling of former CSB managing director Daniel Horowitz’s termination from the agency. The hearing will be a “political slugfest” between political ...

Interior Hid Scientists’ Criticism of ANWR Drilling: Report

by | March 13, 2019
From: E&E News “Newly leaked Interior Department documents raise questions about the environmental review of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain. The documents show that federal scientists drafted 18 memos detailing the environmental “ ...

Action Jackson: Of Poachers, Grizzlies and Coexistence

by | March 12, 2019
From: Counter Punch “Bob was on a roll until he brought an elk-poaching case against a hunting guide who had worked for an outfitter named Harold Turner — a case he discusses in the podcast. The Turner family, which owns the famous Triangle X Ranch in Jackson Hole, is friends with ...

Vice President Mike Pence: ‘America will never be a socialist country’

by | March 12, 2019
From: USA Today “Since taking office, Trump has dismantled several of former President Barack Obama’s environmental protection efforts. The Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal enforcement of anti-pollution cases is at a 30-year low, according to a Public Employees for ...

Employee Group Concerned About Cuts to Park Service Training

by | March 8, 2019
From: Federal News Network “How often have you heard the complaint that the first thing cut when budgets aren’t right is training? At the National Park Service, that seems to be the case, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The group called the agency ...

Journalist Claims State Dept Rescinded Award Because She Criticized Trump

by | March 8, 2019
From: ABC News “Flor De Maria Vega Zapata was awarded for leading a team of environmental enforcement prosecutors in Peru that protects natural resources, biodiversity, and public health. But under the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal enforcement ...

Pruitt Never Consulted EPA Ethics Office About His Legal Defense Fund

by | March 7, 2019
From: Yahoo Finance “Facing more than a dozen investigations into his conduct last spring, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that he was starting a legal defense fund, raising concerns about the propriety of a government official raising money to fend ...

Toxic Chemicals Threaten Water Supply in Seven Municipalities

by | March 6, 2019
From: Boston Globe “These off-the-charts PFAS levels represent a direct and immediate threat to the public health of the Commonwealth,” said Kyla Bennett, a former scientist at the EPA who now serves as director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in New England, an ...

Toxic algae, polluted waters: Has Florida finally had enough? | Commentary

by Orlando Sentinel | March 5, 2019
“This is why several communities in southwest Florida — including Venice, Sarasota and North Port — passed resolutions asking DeSantis to adopt measures specifically like the one Good and Livingston drafted. They are sick of everyone else’s crap (sometimes literally) fouling their ...

How Trump’s EPA is Letting Environmental Criminals Off the Hook, in One Chart

by | March 5, 2019
From: Vox “A January report from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), an advocacy group for public sector workers who deal with environmental issues, shows that the number of criminal cases the EPA referred to the Justice Department under President Trump is at the ...

Expect New Chemical Safety Reporting Regs By Fall

by | March 1, 2019
From: Law360 “Ultimately the court ordered the CSB to promulgate final accidental chemical release regulations within 12 months. Absent a successful appeal or request for extension by the CSB, owners and operators of industrial facilities can expect to see a new rule-making — with an ...

EPA Official Agreed to Help Former Colleague’s Husband Find ‘Senior’ Position at the Agency

by | February 26, 2019
From: Think Progress “[It’s] something I’ve been concerned about with this administration overall,” Rosenberg said. He also referenced the role Beck has played since joining the administration, including pushing back on controversial efforts to restrict the use of scientific data ...
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