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Earthtalk: Cell towers in national parks

From: Arizona Daily Sun

"Cell phone towers have sprouted up in national parks across the country because the National Park Service lacks any coherent policy and instead lets telecommunications…

Top CDC Health and Climate Scientist Files Whistleblower Complaint

From: Inside Climate News

"The Trump administration's drive to cut climate change out of federal research and policy has been underway at the Environmental Protection Agency and Interior…

Sewage spills keep taxing Indian River Lagoon, other waters; state issues fines, but is that enough?

From: Florida Today

"But some critics of the state agency argue those fines typically aren't enough to force utilities to fix longstanding sewage infrastructure issues before frequent…

Morning Energy

From: Politico

"The changes follow another reconfiguration announced last week over which watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility rang alarm bells on Wednesday.…

U.S. climate scientist removed from job to file whistleblower complaint

From: CNBC

"A climate scientist for the Trump administration’s health protection agency who was ordered by his agency to drop work on climate issues will file a whistleblower complaint…


News Releases

TRIBE MEMBERS HAVE LONG HISTORY OF GAME VIOLATIONS

Seattle City Council Poised to Cede White River Game Management to Muckleshoot

NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY ISSUES GAG ORDER TO STAFF

Mounting Scandals Creating “Bunker Mentality” Inside Troubled Agency

ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER IS LAST WASTE DUMP

State Pocked by Thousands of Hazardous Waste Sites with Little Monitoring

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY JOINS COALITION SEEKING GUNNISON SAGE-GROUSE PROTECTION

TELLURIDE, COLO. – San Miguel County in Colorado has formally joined an effort to protect the Gunnison sage-grouse under the federal Endangered Species Act. The County’s action is in response to a decision…

LEGISLATURE TO PROBE TOXIC COLLAPSE IN NEW JERSEY

Series of Cleanup Fiascoes Have Communities Feeling Betrayed and Vulnerable