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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

THE BIG CYPRESS WILDERNESS ROBBERY

Park Service Scheme to Strip 40,000 Preserve Acres of Wilderness Eligibility Bared

NOAA KEEPS GAG RULE ON UNIVERSITY MARINE SCIENTISTS

Rejects Petition to Lift Ban against “Advocacy” by Sea Grant Recipients

EPA THROWS ROADBLOCK AT BAY STATE SOUTH COAST RAIL PROJECT

“Unacceptable Impact” and Inaccurate Assessment Dim Prospects for New Rail Line

WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR SCIENTISTS SIDELINED

Science Integrity Initiative Allows Agencies to Certify Current Practices as Sufficient

CUTBACKS CRIPPLE ARIZONA AIR POLLUTION ENFORCEMENT

Despite Looming EPA Sanctions, County Signals Corporate Kid Glove Treatment