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ADEC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINED FOR PROTESTING BP PERMIT
April 2, 2002
Air Pollution Violations on North Slope Suppressed
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY REJECTS DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ATTEMPT TO SIDESTEP LAWS
DOD uses last-minute changes to seek broad exemptions from environmental laws
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
April 1, 2002
City to Pay $100,000, Upgrade Plant and Increase Monitoring
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES BENDING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL TIDE
Mounting Challenges Against Facilities on Federal Lands
PENTAGON TO SEEK ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTIONS
Overrides Endangered Species, Clean Water & Marine Mammal Laws
USING INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS TO WRITE POLICY IS PATTERN WITH BUSH
March 28, 2002
Scores of Examples from Tenure as Texas Governor
DRAFT BLM PLAN COULD OPEN 40,000 DUNE ACRES TO MOTORIZED DESTRUCTION
March 27, 2002
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…
NOMINEE UNQUALIFIED FOR EPA ENFORCEMENT POST, SAYS EMPLOYEE GROUP
March 25, 2002
Mediocre Record As Prosecutor
PARK SYSTEM BADLY BROKEN, EMPLOYEES SAY
March 21, 2002
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
March 18, 2002
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…
EMPLOYEE FILES WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT IN FISH KILL CASE
After Being Fired for Reporting Pollution & Financial Irregularities
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