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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

CREEPING CORPORATIZATION OF NATIONAL PARKS

Summit Promoting a Billion Dollar Private Endowment for Parks

CHRISTIE GUTS VAPOR INTRUSION SAFEGUARDS

New Jersey Puts Private Consultants in Public Health Driver’s Seat

HIGH-LEVEL LOWBALL IN GULF DEEPWATER CRISIS

Scientific Integrity Complaint Details Official Underestimation of BP Spill Rate

PRICE NO OBJECT FOR FEDERAL REFUGE LAND PURCHASES

Consideration of Land Costs “Optimizes” Both Economic and Ecological Benefits

EPA CORRECTS CLEANUP STANDARD FOR INDUSTRIAL SOLVENT

Agency Mistakenly Relaxed 1,4 Dioxane Standard by More Than 50-Fold