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PENALTIES AGAINST FLORIDA’S CORPORATE POLLUTERS PLUNGE
August 19, 2003
Penalties Against Homeowners On the Rise
ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICIANS LABEL INDUSTRY RALLY A "CONGRESSIONAL HEARING"
Reps. Pombo & Radanovich Allow Only Industry Groups and Hostile Local Politicians; Greens Boycott
INFORMATION REQUEST FILED TO UNCOVER WHITE HOUSE MANIPULATION OF KLAMATH POLICY
August 6, 2003
Groups Seek to Clarify Karl Rove’s Role in Dictating Klamath Policy Resulting in 33,000 Dead Salmon
ETHICS COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST INTERIOR SOLICITOR
August 5, 2003
Interior’s Top Lawyer May Have Violated Ethics Agreement
WILDLIFE AGENCY PROPOSES 52,780 ACRES OF ALGODONES DUNES FOR CRITCIAL HABITAT PROTECTION
Biologists’ Science-based Approach Recognizes Off-road Threats and BLM Plan Failures
FOREST SERVICE OUTSOURCING COSTS GO WAY OVER BUDGET
August 4, 2003
Project Money Diverted; Forests Told to Stonewall Data Requests
BLM CONTRACTING OUT LAND USE PLANS
July 23, 2003
Contractors More Costly, “Operating on Their Own Agenda”
BLM SERVES OFF-ROAD INDUSTRY BY ALLOWING UNRESTRICTED USE AT NEVADA’S SAND MOUNTAIN
July 22, 2003
Administration Ignores Law, Recommendations by Staff, Wildlife Agencies, Conservationists and Local Tribe
WHISTLEBLOWERS SWAMP SPECIAL COUNSEL
July 21, 2003
Backlog of Waste, Fraud and Abuse Reports Doubles
VOTE WOULD LEGALIZE DRINKING WATER VIOLATIONS
July 17, 2003
State Parks Frequently Fail to Inform Public of Polluted Drinking Water
MASSACHUSETTS AUTO EMISSIONS TESTS BADLY FLAWED
July 7, 2003
Cars Pass When They Should Fail, and Vice Versa
Settlement Puts Jackson Back in the Saddle Again
Settlement Puts Jackson Back in the Saddle Again Washington, DC — “Pursuant to a confidential Settlement Agreement mutually negotiated with the Park Service, Mr. Jackson will return to Yellowstone National Park as a Backcountry ranger in 2003 for his final season with the National Park Service.” Bob “Action” Jackson, Yellowstone’s longest-serving backcountry ranger, is known…
BUSH PLAN TO ROLL BACK DUNES CONSERVATION FACES BROAD CHALLENGE
July 2, 2003
Twelve Groups, Local Citizens Target BLM Off-road Plan
FOREST SERVICE TO BID OUT LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POSITIONS
July 1, 2003
Group Decries “Rent-a-Ranger”
FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS OFF-ROAD VEHICLE BAN AT ALGODONES DUNES
June 25, 2003
Industry Loses Anti-environmental Lawsuit
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