A biologist who has helped rescue dozens of raptors poisoned by lead bullet fragments in game carcasses seeks to educate, not regulate, hunters. Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile At the Jackson Hole Gun Club’s shooting range, Chris Smith paused after his shooting session to explain why he stopped hunting withContinue Reading
At the Jackson Hole Gun Club’s shooting range, Chris Smith paused after his shooting session to explain why he stopped hunting with traditional lead bullets that spread toxins in the environment and wildlife. “I use copper to kill with,” said Smith, a shooter with 25 years of hunting under hisContinue Reading
On September 14, 2022, the 19th Judicial District Court revoked air permits issued by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) under Louisiana’s Prevention and Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) regulations[1] for a Formosa Plastics facility (“FG LA”) planned to be built in St. James Parish.[2] The court ruled that LDEQ erredContinue Reading
EAST LONGMEADOW – It was standing room only in the Pleasant View Senior Center auditorium on Sept. 20 as more than 100 residents gathered at a Planning Board meeting to weigh in on the construction of a proposed warehouse at 330 Chestnut St. Jane Mantolesky of Fitzgerald Law addressed theContinue Reading
An increasing workload and a toxic work environment are what Trafalgar’s utility and streets superintendent says pushed him to resign from his job this month. Lee Rodgers had been superintendent for 21 years, where he oversaw the utilities, water, wastewater, streets, planning and zoning, and much more. But the increasingContinue Reading
Latina member’s exit comes after months of turmoil in the Newberg School District. The Newberg school board has received yet another blow. Director Ines Peña, one of the three minority school board members on the Newberg School District’s seven-member board, resigned from her post during the school board’s Feb. 8Continue Reading
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality canceled a meeting with a watchdog group in December after a news story cited the group’s criticism of a pending pollution permit and public documents the group obtained about oilfield waste discharges. DEQ called off a meeting scheduled with the Powder River Basin ResourceContinue Reading
