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D.C. District Court Orders EPA to Respond to Climate Change FOIA Request

by | August 8, 2018
From: Lexology “The case offers several key takeaways that could shape future FOIA requests directed to EPA and the agency’s responses thereto. First, the D.C. District Court made it clear that EPA can be called upon to produce documents supporting or relied on to formulate public ...

Florida Dealing With Dead Fish, Toxic Air, as Officials Grasp for Red Tide Solutions

by | August 8, 2018
From: UPI “Dead marine life, including fish and sea turtles, washing ashore represents one of many problems facing Floridians as a red tide worsens along the state’s southwest coast. Scientists say the phenomenon that began a few months ago is not going away anytime soon, leaving ...

EPA: Pruitt Didn’t Rely on Science When Making Comment About Climate Change

by | August 8, 2018
From: The Hill “Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt failed to back his reasoning with science when he made a claim last year that humans are not the central cause of climate change, according to internal documents. Pruitt, who appeared on CNBC’s “ ...

EPA Has No Records to Support Pruitt’s Warming Claims

by | August 8, 2018
From: E&E News “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has fought EPA in court for more than a year to produce scientific evidence for Pruitt’s claims, which he made on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Earlier this month, EPA appeared to acknowledge that it did ...

Interior Department OKs Use of GMOs on Wildlife Refuges; No Immediate Impact on Montana

by | August 7, 2018
From: Missoula Current “On Friday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Principal Deputy Director Gregory Sheehan sent an internal memo saying he was reversing a 2014 Obama administration memorandum that phased out wildlife refuges’ use of genetically modified crops and associated pesticides ...

Florida Gutted Water Quality Monitoring – as Killer Algae Increased

by | August 7, 2018
From: Tampa Bay Times “Over the last decade, as the state fought federal efforts to protect water, shrunk its own environmental and water-management agencies, and cut funding to an algae task force, monitoring for water quality has plummeted. While one crisis after another hit Florida, ...

Trump Administration Reverses Ban of Bee-Toxic Pesticides on National Wildlife Refuges

by | August 7, 2018
From: Beyond Pesticides “At the same time that a new analysis by California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), current neonicotinoid uses in the state expose bees to residue levels known to cause harm, the Trump administration has reversed a 2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) ...

On National Bison Range, Questions Surround Planning Process for its Future

by | August 6, 2018
From: The Missoulian “Recently, the complex’s fortunes appeared to have turned. As part of a lawsuit settlement in January, the Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to complete a detailed planning guide called a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP). “They help the station plan for the ...

Harris-Backed Amendment Could End GMO Restrictions at Blackwater, Prime Hook Refuges

by | August 3, 2018
From: Delmarva Now “Farming on Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is difficult, but it’s necessary to support migratory birds who rely on nutrient-rich crops to supplement their natural diet in the winter months. Over the past seven years, the struggle to farm in wet marshy ground ...

Wilderness Lost

by | August 3, 2018
From: Craig Medred “PEER argued Young overstated its proposal, saying the sanctuary “nomination safeguarded Alaska Native marine subsistence and small-boat fisheries but would curb industrial scale fishing while banning oil and gas development. In addition, the treacherous waters of ...

Beaten in WOTUS Messaging War, Greens Gird for Trump Rule

by | August 2, 2018
From: E&E News “The Trump administration expected next month to release a replacement for the Obama rule that will likely reduce the numbers of streams and wetlands protected by the Clean Water Act, environmentalists are preparing for a messaging fight. “The problem is it’ ...

EPA Smears Former Employees Who Criticized the Agency

by | August 1, 2018
From: True Blue Media “As the Trump administration’s assault on science drove career civil servants to sound the alarm about what was going on during the early months of the Trump presidency, the EPA joined forces with the White House, the Republican National Committee, and right-wing ...

EPA Press Shop Under Pruitt Hit as ‘Fake News’ Factory

by | July 31, 2018
From: O’Dwyers “The Environmental Protection Agency’s press office was nothing more than a “fake news factory” under former administrator Scott Pruitt, according to the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit alliance of federal, state and ...

Commentary: Florida’s Great Green Algae Disaster – We Asked For It … Us and Rick Scott

by | July 30, 2018
From: Orlando Sentinel “When asked about the PEER report tracking his administration’s slack enforcement, Scott’s environmental department responded by touting a “near-record high compliance rate of 96 percent” among Florida businesses. In other words: Florida cracks down less on ...

Federal Court Rules That CREW and PEER Records Lawsuit Against Pruitt and EPA May Proceed

by | July 27, 2018
From: CREW “These open government laws exist for a reason – to allow the American people to keep an eye on their government,” stated PEER staff counsel Adam Carlesco. “When our public servants intentionally avoid creating written records as a means of implementing harmful and ...

EPA Press Staff Under Pruitt Sought to Discredit Departing Career Staff

by | July 27, 2018
From: Government Executive “nternal emails obtained under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit were released on Thursday by the nonprofit advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which had provided legal representation for one of the departed employees. “Hot ...

Plaintiffs in Hunters Point Suit Demand Mayor Breed, Supervisor Cohen Take Action

by | July 27, 2018
From: KTVU “According to activist and former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown, who’s involved in helping the group organize, the residents had unsuccessfully been trying for weeks to arrange a meeting with the two city leaders. The group is demanding that Breed and Cohen ...

Dunes Pavilion Restoration Plans Could Jeopardize Grant Money Throughout State

by | July 27, 2018
From: NWI Times “The latest saga in the attempt to restore the pavilion came this month after activist groups alerted the NPS restoration plans had changed since that agency initially gave its approval. The NPS review is necessary because the state park has utilized Land and Water ...

EPA Tried to Discredit Retirees After The Post Published Their Criticisms

by | July 27, 2018
From: The Washington Post “Documents obtained through a lawsuit file by PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) demonstrate how the EPA sought to counter unfavorable stories by going after retirees with false information. That effort involved the White House, the ...

Dunes Privatization Deal Hits Another Bump

by | July 26, 2018
From: Dubois County Herald “The new Pavilion plans revolve around enclosed bars, pubs, and ‘fine dining’ restaurants, lacking any connection to ‘outdoor recreation,’” said Paula Dinerstein, an attorney for the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “It ...
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