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STATES MAY HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING UP FOR A SMALLER EPA

From: Buzzfeed

“According to data collected by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Florida only opened 297 environmental enforcement cases in 2015, an almost…

WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES 'SHOCKED' BY REPORTED BUDGET CUTS

From: Government Executive

““The rise in extreme weather events across the country argues for increasing rather than stripping local forecasting capacity,” said PEER Executive Director…

GOP'ERS SAY THEY WANT TO PUNISH ALLEGED SEXUAL PREDATORS IN GOVERNMENT. RYAN ZINKE HAS A TEST CASE.

From: Washington Post

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group that has called on the Park Service to dismiss several employees…

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

From: Telluride News

“Both sides believe they have strong scientific evidence, and moral imperatives, that prove why the studies are necessary or why they are not. In the pro-predator-control…

GUTTING EPA'S BUDGET AND STAFF WOULD ENDANGER THE HEALTH OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

From: Huffington Post

“Scott did much more than just “weaken” enforcement. He virtually eliminated it. In 2015, the Florida DEP opened 81 percent fewer enforcement cases than in 2010,…


News Releases

NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION SPENDS MORE ON ITSELF THAN ON PARKS

One in Three Dollars Reaches Parks; Rest Goes to Overhead and Corporate Support

DEVELOPER TURNS LIVING STREAM INTO A POLLUTED WATERWAY

Tennessee Project Prompts Suit Notice for Clean Water Act Violations

EPA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE EXODUS

Special Agent Level Falls below Statutory Minimum but CID Offers No Explanation

NOAA CUTS TSUNAMI AND SEISMIC SAFETY FUNDING

Sudden Shift Rips Tsunami Warning Buoys and Alaska Emergency Preparedness

FEDERAL WILDLIFE AGENCY FLAYS JERSEY POMPTON LAKES PLAN

Fish & Wildlife Service Conditions Restructure Cleanup and Spur Damage Payments