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GOV. RICK SCOTT, FRIEND OF THE ENVIRONMENT, LOL.

From: Palm Beach Post

“Under Scott, Florida has eased up on enforcing rules against polluters. The Department of Environmental Protection has opened 81 percent fewer pollution-regulation…

GROUPS SUE FAA TO SEEK AIR TOUR PLANS FOR NATIONAL PARKS

From: Miami Herald

“The lawsuit filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono asks the court to order the FAA to draft either air…

NOMINATIONS: PRUITT'S NEW LEGAL ALLY IN CLIMATE RULE APPEAL

From: Climatewire

“Jerry Phillips, a former enforcement attorney at Florida DEP and director of Florida Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), has been tracking Scott's…

VERN BUCHANAN GOES TO BAT FOR FLORIDA PANTHER HABITAT

From: Sunshine State News

“Noting there are less than 250 Florida panthers left, Buchanan called on the federal government to continue its current efforts instead of removing them from…

AFTER ZERO-TOLERANCE VOW, PARK CHIEF CITED FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT GETS A BONUS AND A NEW JOB

From: The Lily

“Jeff Ruch, PEER’s executive director, blasted the agency’s handling of the case, saying it “perpetuates a culture of impunity.” He said by issuing the talking points,…


News Releases

FEWER FLORIDA ECO-INSPECTIONS EQUALS LESS COMPLIANCE

Slight 2018 Election-Year Enforcement Uptick Yields Scant Results

FLORIDAS ECO-DELUSION DECONSTRUCTED

OFFICIAL CLAIMS OF NEAR UNIVERSAL POLLUTION COMPLIANCE FLATLY UNTRUE

TAMPA SEWAGE MELTDOWN EARLY ECO-TEST FOR DESANTIS

Federal Intervention Needed If State Continues to Ignore Major Pollution Violations

FLORIDA PANTHERS PAD TOWARD EXTINCTION

2018 Another High Lethality Year as Deaths Increasingly Outpace Declining Births

MANATEE DEATHS IN 2018 APPROACHING ALL-TIME RECORD

More Than One-Seventh of Population Perished as Red Tide Mortality Tripled