WASHINGTON, DC, June 23, 2008 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court today decided not to hear a plea by two environmental groups to limit the Bush administration’s power to waive laws in order to construct a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border. In April, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced that he was waiving 36 federal…
WASHINGTON, DC, May 22, 2008 (ENS) – National Wildlife Refuges are supposed to shelter wild animals and plants but many refuges themselves are under siege, according to a new survey of refuge managers and staff by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER, a service organization assisting federal and state workers in natural resource agencies. The…
WASHINGTON, DC, February 12, 2008 (ENS) – The U.S. Senate is likely to consider the “National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act,” this week. When that happens, Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican is expected to offer an amendment to allow state law, rather than federal law, to govern the carrying and…