“Jeff Ruch talks about a recent statement his organization released about Cal/OSHA. He reports that Cal/OSHA is severely understaffed and has been unable to protect the 19 million workers of California. He also reports that Cal/OSHA have recently been sent out to do field inspections ...

“Newly formed “strike teams” of state inspectors contacted thousands of California businesses over the long Independence Day weekend but issued citations to a relative few as they enforced coronavirus restrictions amid a resurging pandemic. The problem was worsened because there ...

“The Interior Department is violating federal law by continuing to give William Perry Pendley the authority of Bureau of Land Management director before the Senate confirms him in that position, two environmental groups allege in an amended lawsuit they seek to file in federal court ...

“A coalition of environmental advocates on Monday moved to beef up their complaint in federal court in Washington D.C. against the U.S. Department of the Interior, whose secretary they accuse of unlawfully keeping deputies at the helm of two of its agencies, the National Park Service ...

“A revised lawsuit by two advocacy groups says the Bureau of Land Management is violating federal law if it allows William Perry Pendley to serve as its de facto acting chief while he awaits Senate confirmation to become its permanent director. The supplemental complaint filed by ...

“And just this past week, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was listed as a headliner along with White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top fundraiser for the president, at an event in Rapid City, South Dakota, where ...

“U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tromped through a strawberry festival in central Florida, detailing the government’s new trade pact. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked about foreign policy at a roundtable in south Florida. Environmental Protection Agency ...

“Last month, the University of Colorado Boulder released a scathing audit about the events that led to the firing of Detlev Helmig, formerly an associate research professor at CU’s Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. According to the audit, which was released June 18, Helmig ...

“I read with interest Katie Langford’s June 19 story regarding Dr. Detlev Helmig. I was drawn to this since I have not only used Dr. Helmig’s research in my work, but also presented with him to audiences along the Front Range. I do not want to discuss guilt or innocence. I want ...

“U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner helped lead a push to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado. And he is the sponsor of a bill to provide money to acquire public lands and improve national parks. In an interview with The Colorado Sun this week, Gardner repeatedly declined ...

“Jeff Ruch, Pacific director for the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said individuals should follow Fauci’s guidance and not attend fireworks displays either on the National Mall or Mount Rushmore. “Park Service and other government workers working ...

“EPA announced yesterday it would terminate a controversial temporary enforcement policy this summer that allowed companies to ease reporting requirements. Former EPA attorney Tim Whitehouse welcomed the news but claimed a larger environmental enforcement reprieve during the Trump ...

“It is a frosty March morning in the Hoh Rainforest, deep within Olympic National Park in Washington state. The forest is full of Jurassic ferns, hanging moss, and towering spruce and cedars, but what I hope to find is an absence. I seek a spot known as the “One Square Inch of ...

“The Trump administration’s response to a pandemic that has killed more than 120,000 Americans and forced much of the country into a devastating economic slowdown has been a massive failure, leading to new levels of anger and disappointment at the president. But none of that has ...

“President Trump on Friday nominated William Perry Pendley, who has controversially served as the acting head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for months, to lead the agency. “Pendley has a long record of opposing the very existence of the public lands he now oversees,” ...

“There is growing scientific evidence that the COVID-19 virus disproportionately impacts those with compromised immune systems. Unfortunately, segments of the Colorado public may be more at risk because of long standing contamination from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), ...

“President Donald Trump on Friday said he plans to nominate William Perry Pendley, a controversial figure who would become Trump’s first head of the agency managing one-tenth of the nation’s land mass and vast amounts of underground oil, gas and minerals. Pendley’s ...

“In 2018, I went on a solo backpacking trip into the wild stone labyrinth of the Needles district in Canyonlands National Park. I had an iPhone with me, which I was using as a camera, and on a lark I decided to see if I could catch a signal. Sure enough, I could. I vowed ...

“EPA has received several notices from companies and local governments asserting that they may have to break settlement agreements in administrative cases because of COVID-19. Whitehouse, now the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said EPA must ...

“According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were close to 90,000 coal mining jobs in 2012, compared with 46,600 today. In the last decade, more than 300 coal-fired power plants have retired, eliminating coal-related jobs in the power sector. In Maryland, the Legislature ...