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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

WHITE HOUSE APPROVES RADICAL RADIATION CLEANUP ROLLBACK

Civilian Cancer Deaths Expected to Skyrocket Following Radiological Incidents

CADILLAC CONTRACTS CANNIBALIZE AGENCY SCIENCE BUDGET

Review Asked for Overhead of Up to 50% in Open-Ended Reclamation Contracts

NO SEQUESTER FOR JET-SKIING IN NATIONAL PARKS

Hefty Spending to Expand Activities Aggravated by Ranger Furloughs

MISSOURI PARKS’ DRINKING WATER PASSES FEDERAL MUSTER

Contaminated Water Confirmed in State Parks during 2012 Peak Visitation Season

INTERIOR DENIES SPINNING KLAMATH SCIENCE

Complaint Deemed Factual but Inaccuracies Excused as “Normal Practice”