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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

NORTH CAROLINA POISED TO TAKE A DIVE ON PFOA CONTAMINATION

Proposed Standards Substantially Weaker Than Health Guidance in Other States

FEDS WARN ARIZONA ON PARK CLOSURES

Shuttering Parks Purchased with Federal Dollars Jeopardizes Future Federal Aid

ATTACKS ON FEDERAL FOREST AND PARK STAFF REACH ALL TIME HIGH

Incidents More than Triple in National Parks, Forest Violence Up a Third in 2009

NEW JERSEY TOXIC CLEAN-UP PRIORITIES MISS PUBLIC HEALTH MARK

Belated DEP Toxic Site Priority System Ignores Vapor Intrusion and Migration

DID ANYONE ACTUALLY READ BPS OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLAN?

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