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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…
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)…
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…
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…
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.…
High-Level Working Group Shielding Plan to Force GE Crops onto Wildlife Refuges
Abrupt Reversal of Conservation Mandate Raises Legal and Management Questions
Scientists Told Agency Does Not Want Safety Concerns Raised about Coal Ash
New Study Details Changes in Soil Chemistry and Devastation of Trees and Plants
Ethics Rule Restricting Federal Employees from Nonprofit Boards Set for Repeal