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Trump’s EPA Is Said to Cut Scientists out of New Water Policy That Threatens New England Wetlands

by Boston Globe | January 18, 2020
“With the Trump administration poised to roll back key protections for much of the nation’s wetlands, scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency are accusing the agency’s political appointees of ignoring their advice and barring them from shaping sweeping new guidelines ...

Bucks-Montco Group Joins Nationwide Petition to Designate PFAs as Hazardous Waste

by WHYY | January 16, 2020
“Thousands of residents from Bucks and Montgomery counties have joined communities across the country in a national petition demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency regulate a toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS. The petition demands that the EPA list dozens of the ...

The FCC’s Approval of SpaceX’s Starlink Mega Constellation May Have Been Unlawful

by Scientific American | January 16, 2020
“A battle for the sky is raging, and the heavens are losing. Upcoming mega constellations of satellites, designed to blanket Earth orbit in spacecraft beaming high-speed Internet around the world, risk filling the firmament with tens of thousands of moving points of light, forever ...

GLRI: Good news for the Great Lakes

by The Voice | January 16, 2020
“In a Trump administration that some say has been bleak for the environment, there is good news for the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative was included in the 2020 federal budget, and for the first time, its funding level has increased to $320 million from $300 ...

William Pendley Should Not Be Acting Administrator of the Bureau of Land Management

by Union of Concerned Scientists | January 14, 2020
“Earlier this month, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt extended William Pendley’s appointment as the Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for another three months. The BLM has not had a Senate-confirmed permanent director at any point during the Trump ...

OIG Report On Residential Environmental Learning Centers Called Misleading

by National Parks Traveler | January 5, 2020
“A report that highlighted flaws with how the National Park Service oversees Residential Environmental Learning Centers mischaracterized how those nonprofit operations work and failed to reflect the benefits they bring to the parks and their visitors, according to some of the ...

Controversial BLM Chief Pendley’s Tenure Extended Again Without Nomination, Despite Protests

by Inside Climate News | January 3, 2020
“Dozens of conservation groups called for William Perry Pendley to resign or be removed as temporary head of the Bureau of Land Management this week, but an order signed Thursday by the U.S Interior Secretary means that the self-described Sagebrush Rebel will remain at the helm for ...

Pendley Future Atop BLM up in Air as He Readies to Open GJ Office

by The Daily Sentinel | December 31, 2019
“A busy start to the new year awaits the Bureau of Land Management’s acting director. William Perry Pendley plans to be in Grand Junction on Thursday as staff begin operating out of the agency’s new national headquarters office in Grand Junction. Meanwhile, his future status as ...

91 Orgs Send Letter Demanding Immediate Removal of Trump’s BLM Chief William Perry Pendley

by Nviro News | December 31, 2019
“Washington D.C. — A coalition of advocates and environmentalists demanded the removal or immediate step-down, of Acting Bureau of Land Management Director (BLM) William Perry Pendley. In a letter sent Dec. 30, 2019 to the Interior Department, representatives from conservation ...

National Park Service Improperly Ok’d Expensive Weddings, Yoga Classes for Nonprofits, Watchdog Finds

by Fox News | December 27, 2019
“Some federally subsidized nonprofit groups contracted to provide various educational activities to the public have strayed from their mission by offering weddings, wine-tasting events and yoga classes, an audit by the Interior Department’s Office of the Inspector General found. ...

Organizations Are Improperly Offering Yoga Classes and $20K Weddings in National Parks

by Government Executive | December 26, 2019
“Non-profit organizations are improperly offering wedding, yoga and rental services at national parks, according to a recent audit, and bilking taxpayers in the process. The National Park Service partners with nonprofits to run Residential Environmental Learning Centers (RELCs) on ...

E-Bike Advocates’ Influence Questioned

by Mount Desert Islander | December 26, 2019
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — A series of meetings between e-bike industry lobbyists and federal officials has been terminated due to legal concerns, according to documents obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility under the Freedom of Information Act. The rules governing ...

Park Service Disbands E-Bike Advisory Group Over Secret Lobbying Concerns

by Bicycle Retailer and Industry News | December 19, 2019
“WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The National Park Service, facing a lawsuit from conservation groups for allowing e-bikes on non-motorized trails, disbanded a bike-industry group that has been accused of secret lobbying for that access. The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...

National Park Service Disbands E-Bike Advisory Group Following Secret Lobbying Concerns

by Bicycle Retailer and Industry News | December 19, 2019
“WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The National Park Service, facing a lawsuit from conservation groups for allowing e-bikes on non-motorized trails, disbanded a bike-industry group that has been accused of secret lobbying for that access. The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...

Government Accountability Project Submits Letter to the Office of Special Counsel in Support of Pending Whistleblower Case for CDC Climate Scientist George Luber

by Climate Science & Policy Watch | December 18, 2019
Yesterday, Government Accountability Project submitted to the Office of Special Counsel a letter of support for climate scientist and federal whistleblower Dr. George Luber, whose employer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, retaliated against him ...

NPS Axes Industry-Dominated Advisory Group Amid Legal Fears

by E&E News | December 17, 2019
“The National Park Service has disbanded an industry-dominated electric bike advisory group after an advocacy organization complained that it violated federal law. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said the E-bike Partner and Agency Group did not comply with ...

Chemical Safety Board Proposes Accident Reporting Rule

by Chemical & Engineering News | December 16, 2019
“The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) proposes that companies report immediately and directly to the CSB accidental chemical releases sufficient to trigger an investigation. The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating and finding the ...

Local Groups Sue National Park Service over E-Bike Rules

by Point Reyes Light | December 12, 2019
“Two local environmental groups joined a lawsuit filed last week against the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior over recent directives that opened up parklands nationwide for the use of electric bikes. The suit alleges that the agencies skipped necessary rule- ...

House Aides to Grill EPA Official About Formaldehyde Review

by E&E News | December 12, 2019
“Congressional investigators tomorrow will scrutinize the role a former Koch Industries Inc. executive may have played in sidelining a health review of formaldehyde. New records show David Dunlap, the top-ranking political official in EPA’s Office of Research and Development, ...

E-Bikes in National Parks Challenged

by Mount Desert Islander | December 12, 2019
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Acadia National Park visitors Phyllis Koenig and David Perel have joined a lawsuit against the National Park Service and Department of the Interior for allowing “e-bike use throughout the National Park System.” The legal complaint was filed last week by ...
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