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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.…
Rules Ban Alteration of Technical Findings and Foster “Free Flow” of Scientific Data
U.S. Agency Sued to Disclose Flooding Maps, Emergency Plans and Dam Conditions
SAN FRANCISCO— A federal judge Saturday issued an order forcing the Bureau of Land Management to redo its plans for off-road vehicle use on millions of acres of public land in the California desert…
Refuge Has Not Rehired Staff After Tribal Funding Agreement Rescinded
Memo Implies EPA Will Not Clarify Scientists’ Right to Publish or Speak with Media