Laws & Regulations

BLM Exodus: Agency Lost 87 Percent Of Staff In Trump HQ Relocation

"After the Trump administration announced its plans to relocate the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) headquarters to Colorado, more than 87 percent of Washington-based employees decided to leave the agency, according to new numbers released by the Biden administration."

Source: The Hill, 01/29/2021

"Air Quality Regulators in “Cancer Alley” Have Fallen Dangerously Behind"

"An audit found that the time it takes the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to issue penalties to polluters has doubled. Some companies that have been known to violate air quality rules were able to keep at it for years, or even decades."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 01/29/2021

"Court Order Widens EPA Options to Drop ‘Secret Science’ Rule"

"A federal court decision delaying the effective date of the EPA’s science transparency rule gives the Biden administration a pathway to unravel it, including the use of the same procedural tool the Trump administration team used to write it, legal scholars say."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/29/2021

"President Biden’s 30% Conservation Commitment Is Good News for People, Too"

"With his Jan. 27 announcement that the U.S. will commit to protecting 30% of its land and ocean by 2030, President Joe Biden joins a growing community of scientists, Indigenous peoples, and world leaders dedicated to working together on putting ecosystems—land, ocean, and freshwater—on the best paths toward sustainability."

Source: Pew Trusts, 01/28/2021

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