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From: Think Progress
“The EPA’s integrity policy is stuck “in utero,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a Washington, D.C.-based…
From: Greenwire
“"Federal employees who depart from the official talking points enter murky waters," Ruch said. "Unlike White House staff who are merely counseled about clear ethics…
From: Liberation
“Faced with the attacks, a wind of mobilization has traversed the scientific community of the country since the election of November 8, sowing the seeds of the revolt."
From: Washington Post
“Organizations including Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the Government Accountability Project and the Project on Government Oversight were…
From: WDEF.com
“The group gathered responses from 104 out of 302 managers of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s federal refuge and 364 employees of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),…
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Refuge Has Not Rehired Staff After Tribal Funding Agreement Rescinded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