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From: Greenwire
“A $32 million Bureau of Reclamation program for irrigators in southern Oregon and Northern California was likely illegal, according to federal investigators who released…
From: Truthout Buzzflash
“To make matters worse, PEER just announced that Sally Bodine -- a protégé of both Pruitt and Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe (a notorious climate change denier)…
From: Truthout
“Jeff Ruch, director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, points out that President Trump revoked a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard put in place…
From: McClatchy DC
““Sally Jewell could have settled this whole thing while she was in office,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of PEER. “Instead she just accepted Reclamation’s…
From: National Parks Traveler
““These are not minor matters – these changes would forfeit whole spheres of national park stewardship,” PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch said last week.…
Agriculture Secretary Asked to Remove Enforcement Chief for Rank Incompetence
Illegal Levels of PCBs to Remain in Classrooms; No Soil Testing on Campuses
Permit Withdrawal Throws Eco-Safeguards into Doubt While Adding Years of Delay
New Initiative to Reduce Visitor Plastic Bottle Use to Avoid Need for a Sales Ban
After Years, Fish & Wildlife Service Still Unprepared to Propose Specific Safeguards