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'ROGUE' GOVERNMENT TWITTER ACCOUNTS SHOULD VERIFY THEMSELVES

From: Motherboard

"The third party could be a journalist, but it doesn’t have to be. It could be the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or the American Civil Liberties Union. It could…

SCIENTISTS BRACING FOR BATTLES WITH TRUMP OVER CLIMATE CHANGE

From: Yahoo News

""We asked some environmental employees and one said, 'We're in the clown car to crazy town,'" said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of the group Public Employees…

THE BIG FREEZE: WHAT TRUMP'S HIRING SUSPENSION MEANS FOR PUBLIC LANDS

From: Men's Journal

"According to a PEER survey, the BLM, part of the Department of Interior, cannot even keep pace with its current permit responsibilities."

Read More … | Jan 27, 2017 | Tags: BLM, DOI, EPA, NWR, Trump

CAN TRUMP EVEN BUILD THE DAPL DURING A HIRING FREEZE?

From: Motherboard

"“A central plank of Trump’s energy plan is expanding energy from federal lands. But agencies that manage these lands are shrinking even as workloads expand. There…

FEDERAL HIRING FREEZE COULD AFFECT HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN NEW MEXICO

From: Santa Fe New Mexican

"“This freeze means that the thin green line protecting America’s natural resources will get thinner and, in some places, it will snap,” Jeff Ruch, director…


News Releases

FIGHT FOR RECORDS ON GMOS AND BEE-KILLING INSECTICIDES

Role of Ex-Monsanto Executive in Green-Lighting Use on Refuges at Issue

ALASKA GOVERNOR MAKES BASELESS ALLEGATIONS

False Accusations Imperil Work of FWS Employees

THE WOMAN FROM MONSANTO INSIDE INTERIOR

Former Executive Had Hand in Lifting GMO and Pesticide Bans in Refuges

REFUGES SLASH ALREADY SHRINKING LAW ENFORCEMENT

One-Fifth of Wildlife Refuge Law Enforcement Officers Being Decommissioned

WILDLIFE REFUGES TO ALLOW GM CROPS AND NEONIC INSECTICIDES

Reversal of National Ban Threatens Pollinators and Other Wildlife in Their Refuges