Public Lands Critic to Oversee Fish, Wildlife and Parks
From: Environment News Service
"Putting Karen Budd-Falen in this position is like putting Genghis Khan in charge of a day care center,” said PEER Senior Counsel Peter Jenkins, pointing…
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From: Environment News Service
"Putting Karen Budd-Falen in this position is like putting Genghis Khan in charge of a day care center,” said PEER Senior Counsel Peter Jenkins, pointing…
From: Times Free Press
"George Luber is a national award winner for his work on climate change and health questions. He also is an internationally recognized epidemiologist, and until…
From: E&E News
"Hoover alleges that BLM's decision to fire him was "improper retaliation" for an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint he filed last year and for "disclosing…
From: High Country News
"On May 15, it was reported by The Hill that 47 Interior Department officers were currently assigned to the border — more than twice the previous number. This…
From: Tampa Bay Times
"Jerry Phillips, the attorney who prepared the complaint for the environmental group, said the group hasn’t given up, but it hasn’t heard a peep from the federal…
Rules Ban Alteration of Technical Findings and Foster “Free Flow” of Scientific Data
U.S. Agency Sued to Disclose Flooding Maps, Emergency Plans and Dam Conditions
SAN FRANCISCO— A federal judge Saturday issued an order forcing the Bureau of Land Management to redo its plans for off-road vehicle use on millions of acres of public land in the California desert…
Refuge Has Not Rehired Staff After Tribal Funding Agreement Rescinded
Memo Implies EPA Will Not Clarify Scientists’ Right to Publish or Speak with Media