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EPA cancels race-related training sessions

by E&E News | September 16, 2020
“EPA postponed upcoming race-related training sessions after the White House ordered the agencies to suspend what it called “anti-American propaganda” across the federal government. Kyla Bennett, a director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, suspected ...

DOJ asks court to dismiss lawsuit challenging Pendley appointment

by E&E News | September 15, 2020
“The Trump administration is asking a federal court to throw out a lawsuit challenging the authority of William Perry Pendley and Margaret Everson to lead the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service, respectively. In essence, DOJ argues, each of the two plaintiffs — ...

Dump Suit Over Agency Leadership Roles, Feds Say

by Law360 | September 15, 2020
“The Trump administration has urged a D.C. federal court to toss a suit accusing it of unlawfully filling leadership roles at the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service without…” Read the PEER Story… ...

Talking Points: Autumn 2020

by Earth Island Journal | September 11, 2020
“With only 400 left in existence, the North Atlantic right whale has now been officially listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Of the remaining whales, only 100 are breeding females, putting the risk of extinction in even ...

Daily on Energy: Top House Republican blasts Trump’s ‘awful’ offshore drilling ban

by Washington Examiner | September 10, 2020
“Democrats leading the House Natural Resources Committee plan to join a lawsuit accusing Interior Secretary David Bernhardt of illegally authorizing William Pendley to act in the role of director of the Bureau of Land Management without Senate confirmation. Chairman Raul Grijalva ...

House roundtable rips Pendley, looks to ‘BLM 2.0’

by E&E News | September 10, 2020
“House Democrats torched William Perry Pendley and his ongoing stint at the Bureau of Land Management helm yesterday, calling him a “bigot” and an “anti-Teddy Roosevelt” bent on marginalizing conservation of federal and tribal lands. Some of the sharpest ...

Trump flips on offshore drilling

by Politico | September 9, 2020
“Trump on Tuesday officially withdrew William Perry Pendley’s nomination for director of the Bureau of Land Management, although he remains the de facto head of the agency. The administration said in August it would withdraw the nomination, but was waiting until the Senate ...

Dems, activists talk Pendley’s ‘unfitness’ to lead BLM

by E&E News | September 8, 2020
“House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is following through on his pledge to have his committee ramp up pressure on the Trump administration to remove William Perry Pendley from atop the Bureau of Land Management. Grijalva, along with Reps. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) ...

Op-Ed: Science protections must be enforceable

by The Hill | September 6, 2020
“Recognizing that things have gotten so out of hand, Congress must enact new, strong enforcement mechanisms to free us from the grip of “alternative facts.” Failure to do so will mean we did not learn the hard lesson of the Trump experience and we have left the door open for it ...

Building Community and Sustainable Food Systems in Bayview, CA

by Food Tank | September 5, 2020
“Bayview-Hunters Point, California, a site of nuclear contamination, is one of the biggest environmental injustices in United States history, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. To address the environmental and health risks of the area, community members ...

New mining office sparks concern over authority, loopholes

by E&E News | September 3, 2020
“Critics fear EPA’s creation of a “new office to clean up old mines” in the West will let at least some mining companies off the hook. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Executive Director Tim Whitehouse also said the announcement “has come as a ...

The Savaging of Detlev Helmig, Citizen

by CounterPunch | September 3, 2020
“Dr. Helmig worked at the University of Colorado-Boulder for 25 years as both a teacher and atmospheric scientist. Never had he received anything but an above satisfactory performance review from his bosses. Yet, on one recent spring morning he was told to expect a Zoom call from the ...

NPS, FAA Develop Framework For Air Tour Management Plans

by National Parks Traveler | August 31, 2020
“Sprawling across across 244,000 acres of prairie, canyons, buttes, and wondrous multi-colored geologic formations, Badlands National Park in South Dakota can be hard to fully grasp and navigate if you’re on foot or even in a vehicle. That’s where taking a flight over the ...

Dissenter Weekly: EPA’s Trump Propaganda, Whistleblower Challenges Police Use of Ketamine

by Shadowproof | August 28, 2020
“On this edition of the “Dissenter Weekly,” host and Shadowproof editor Kevin Gosztola highlights an effort by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to challenge the EPA and its administrator’s “illegal political self-promotion.” PEER wants Congress to ...

William Perry Pendley Must Go

by Wildlife News | August 27, 2020
“William Perry Pendley’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management has been withdrawn and while President Trump offered no explanation for withdrawing Pendley’s nomination, it seems he didn’t have the votes necessary for Senate confirmation. The Senate Democrats were ...

PEER: Margaret Everson Illegally Was Put In Charge Of National Park Service

by National Parks Traveler | August 27, 2020
“Margaret Everson, counselor to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, was illegally placed in charge of the National Park Service, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Everson was named acting director for the Park Service on August 7 when Bernhardt announced ...

Pence’s use of Fort McHenry threatens Park Service employees

by The Hill | August 26, 2020
“Using the Park Service for a blatantly political speech, such as accepting a nomination for a political role, presents a major hazard of violating the Hatch Act, which forbids any federal employee other than the president or vice president from engaging in political activity at ...

Letter: DEC Needs to follow up on PFAS from Dunn Landfill

by Times Union | August 25, 2020
“The ongoing response by the state Department of Environmental Conservation to the threat of PFAS from Norlite in Cohoes and the nearby communities’ soil and streams is what citizens should expect from this agency. However, DEC has not responded to the potential presence of PFAS in ...

Two Lawsuits Still Seek To Oust Pendley From The BLM

by Wyoming Public Radio | August 25, 2020
“William Perry Pendley’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management may have been pulled, but he’s still effectively leading the organization. Two lawsuits are still trying to put that to an end. The Western Watersheds Project and Public Employees for Environmental ...

Op-Ed | End noncompetitive leasing of BLM lands for oil and gas exploration

by Grand Junction Sentinel | August 22, 2020
“What this process has done over the years is allow oil and gas interests to hoard land on the tiny chance they might develop it. During the Trump administration, land virtually given away in noncompetitive leases has more than doubled from 141,000 acres in 2017 to nearly 379,000 in ...
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