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ALLAGASH WILDERNESS WATERWAY NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST ENDANGERED RIVERS
After years of neglectful management, legislature considers removing wilderness protections
Settlement Reached in Sewage Treatment Suit
City to Pay $100,000, Upgrade Plant and Increase Monitoring
PENTAGON TO SEEK ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTIONS
Overrides Endangered Species, Clean Water & Marine Mammal Laws
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES BENDING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL TIDE
Mounting Challenges Against Facilities on Federal Lands
USING INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS TO WRITE POLICY IS PATTERN WITH BUSH
Scores of Examples from Tenure as Texas Governor
DRAFT BLM PLAN COULD OPEN 40,000 DUNE ACRES TO MOTORIZED DESTRUCTION
Imperial County, CA -- The Algodones Dunes, a scenic and active dune system harboring many rare, threatened, and endemic species, may be condemned to becoming an off-road vehicle sacrifice area. Last Friday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published their proposed Land Management Plan, which would open up over 40,000 acres that were protected from off-road vehicle damage. This decision flies in the face of several conservation organizations that fought to preserve more acreage in the dunes...
NOMINEE UNQUALIFIED FOR EPA ENFORCEMENT POST, SAYS EMPLOYEE GROUP
Mediocre Record As Prosecutor
PARK SYSTEM BADLY BROKEN, EMPLOYEES SAY
Drive For Privatized Resorts Distorts Park Mission While Losing Money
BUREAU OF PARKS AND LANDS REVERSES STANCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
Park Rangers and Managers to Receive Law Enforcement Training
CORPS LOBBYING MACHINE STILL ROLLING
PARKER REMOVAL DOES NOT DENT DRIVE TO GROW CORPS BUDGET
COLORADO COMPANY TO BUY NJ RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Denver, CO-The Environmental Protection Agency must allow for public comment on a plan to transfer up to 470,000 tons of radioactive mill tailings from New Jersey to Canon City, CO, according to a letter released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The organization alerted EPA that it must prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) including rigorous input from the affected communities before it allows the Cotter Corporation to accept the waste, which will...
ONE THIRD OF MAJOR AIR POLLUTERS STILL LACK PERMITS
New England Trails
EMPLOYEE FILES WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT IN FISH KILL CASE
After Being Fired for Reporting Pollution & Financial Irregularities
BLM Idaho Director Forced to Resign
Senator Craig Behind Ouster
NORTH SLOPE REGULATOR RESIGNS
OIL COMPANIES FORCED TRANSFER, SEEKING LENIENT TREATMENT
CORPS REVOLTS AGAINST BUSH BUDGET CUTS
Billion Dollar Restoration Sought
INDUSTRY RUNS ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY, EMPLOYEES SAY
Employee Survey Gives Alaska DEC Poor Marks
MCINNIS ECO-TERRORISM HEARING DIVERTS ATTENTION FROM REAL PROBLEMS
Gloria Flora Testifies
WASHINGTON TIMES PEDDLES “EQUAL TIME” ADS TO DEFENDERS OF AGENCY SCIENTISTS
Stunt called New Form of “Checkbook Journalism”
CONSERVATIONISTS FILE LAWSUIT TO PROTECT CUMBERLAND ISLAND WILDERNESS IN GEORGIA
Motorized Vehicle Tours Violate Wilderness Designation
