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DeSantis Announces Sweeping Fixes Meant to Clean Up Florida Water Woes

From: Miami Herald

“DeSantis also ordered environmental enforcement moved from the state’s wildlife agency to the DEP. Under Scott, enforcement plummeted to its lowest in three decades…

Trump Administration to Restaff Key Wildlife Refuges to Continue Hunts

From: The Hill

“Jeff Ruch, president of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the FWS announcement appears to violate the terms of its own shutdown contingency…

Alaska Calls for Less Federal Control of Wildlife Management

From: KTUU

“Acting Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang in a 41-page memo says federal officials should stop ignoring state comments on managing wildlife on federal…

The Shutdown Shows Just How Vital Government Scientists Are

From: Wired

“"None of the federal environmental laws are written in such a way that if the government is shut down, you can’t do anything," says Kyla Bennett, senior attorney for the…

Interior Department Won't Accept FOIA Requests During Shutdown

From: The Hill

“Jeff Ruch, the president of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, called the timing dubious, especially as Interior has recently pointed to its extreme…


News Releases

PINELANDS COMMISSIONERS’ ENERGY HOLDINGS SPARK ETHICS QUERY

Expedited Conflict Review Sought before Hurried Pipeline Approval Vote This Week

MALIBU TEACHERS PROTEST DISTRICT’S TOXIC PLANS

Focus, Completeness and Transparency of Testing and Clean-Up Faulted

EPA’S NEW STRATEGIC PLAN SUCKS

Pollution Enforcement Deemphasized in 5-Year Plan Promising Eco-Progress

CHRISTIE DIGGING TRANSIT FIASCO HOLE DEEPER

Transit Privatizes Flood Forecasts to Bypass State’s Climate Change Denial

EPA RETRACTS SYNTHETIC TURF SAFETY ASSURANCES

New Agency Posting Stresses Uncertainty amid Wide Range of Chemical Exposures