SENATE DEMS STRATEGIZE AHEAD OF PRUITT HEARING
From: E&E Daily
““With the continuing enforcement abdication by EPA, citizens, states, and localities will have to take public health protection into their own hands,” said Jeff Ruch,…
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SENATOR MARKEY HOSTS DISCUSSION WITH FORMER EPA OFFICIALS WHO DECRY ATTACKS ON SCIENCE, SYSTEMIC DEFUNDING, WILLFUL NEGLECT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT EPA UNDER SCOTT PRUITT
From: Office of Senator Ed Markey
“Led by Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, chairman of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, the panel questioned three former EPA employees about what…
GRAND CANYON REMAINS OPEN, BLUNTING BIGGEST HIT OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
From: Cronkite News
““They are making it up on the fly,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “Try to keep as much open as possible,…
HOW STRONG IS THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT'S ETHICAL POLICY?
From: National Parks Traveler
“Not long after he took office, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke reminded his employees of their ethical obligations, and said "I intend to make holding one…
BUNDY COURT DECISION DIDN'T OK ILLEGAL GRAZING
From: The Wildlife News
““The feds shouldn’t avoid the chance now to ensure that some justice is served to the American public that is being robbed by this family. Gold Butte and the…
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION IN THE DARK
From: Government Information Watch
“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is suing the Office of Management and Budget for the submissions made by the public in response…
BUNDY VOWS STANDOFF IF BLM TRIES TO SEIZE CATTLE
From: Greenwire
“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and WildEarth Guardians also urged Zinke to seize the Bundy cattle."
TRUMP DECISION FOR DEPUTY DOI DIRECTOR ATTRACTS HEAT
From: Kaplan Herald
“"It is disturbing but perhaps indicative that the Trump people would resurrect a political hatchet man to take the helm at the National Park Service. In the Snyder-gate…
FOUR DECISIONS IN THREE WEEKS: HOW TRUMP IS TRANSFORMING ALASKA
From: Alaska Public Media
“Finally, at the end of 2017, Congress allowed an excise tax collected on American oil to expire, which goes into a government trust used for oil spill cleanup…
WHITE HOUSE SUED OVER 'CLOAKED' AGENCY REORGANIZATION PROPOSALS
From: Government Executive
“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is suing the Office of Management and Budget for the submissions made by the public in response to an executive…