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WESTERN WATER: PROBE FINDS RECLAMATION MISSPENT FUNDS MEANT FOR WILDLIFE

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…

CRIMINAL POLLUTION CASES ARE DWINDLING AT THE EPA

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)…

PRUITT DELAYED EMERGENCY RULES FOR CHEMICAL PLANTS WEEKS BEFORE TOXIC FIRES ERUPTED IN HOUSTON

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…

AGENCY MISSPENT $32 MILLION, BUT INTERIOR HAS HELD NO ONE TO ACCOUNT

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…

NRA OFFICIAL LANDS SEAT ON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION BOARD

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.…


News Releases

RECLAMATION LIFTS REMOVAL THREAT AGAINST KLAMATH BIOLOGISTS

Rare Apology Coupled with Promise of More Collaborative & Transparent Posture

EPA ABDICATES OVERSIGHT ROLE IN PROTECTING FLORIDA WATERS

State Pollution Permitting Standards Warped to Accommodate Corporate Agenda

STATE OF ALASKA WASTES MILLIONS IN FRIVOLOUS ECO-SUITS

Failed Politicized Anti-Federal Challenges Argue for Independent Attorney General

BOCA RATON DRINKING WATER VIOLATIONS SWEPT UNDER RUG

Scathing Palm Beach Health Department Findings Prompt Slap-on-Wrist Settlement

FEDERAL PIPELINE SAFETY VACUUM MAGNIFIES RISKS

Lack of Surprise Inspections and Independent Review Targeted in Lawsuit