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STATES MAY HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING UP FOR A SMALLER EPA

From: Buzzfeed

“According to data collected by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Florida only opened 297 environmental enforcement cases in 2015, an almost…

WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES 'SHOCKED' BY REPORTED BUDGET CUTS

From: Government Executive

““The rise in extreme weather events across the country argues for increasing rather than stripping local forecasting capacity,” said PEER Executive Director…

GOP'ERS SAY THEY WANT TO PUNISH ALLEGED SEXUAL PREDATORS IN GOVERNMENT. RYAN ZINKE HAS A TEST CASE.

From: Washington Post

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group that has called on the Park Service to dismiss several employees…

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

From: Telluride News

“Both sides believe they have strong scientific evidence, and moral imperatives, that prove why the studies are necessary or why they are not. In the pro-predator-control…

GUTTING EPA'S BUDGET AND STAFF WOULD ENDANGER THE HEALTH OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

From: Huffington Post

“Scott did much more than just “weaken” enforcement. He virtually eliminated it. In 2015, the Florida DEP opened 81 percent fewer enforcement cases than in 2010,…


News Releases

LAWSUIT FILED TO BAR GE CROPS FROM NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Delaware’s Bombay Hook Lacks Required Environmental Review and Justification

CALL FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW OF BISON RANGE OPERATIONS

Documents Show Poaching, Policing, Pesticide and Financial Problems on Refuge

COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF NEW JERSEY SCIENCE BOARD NOMINEES

Successful Open Records Suit to Reveal Industry Sponsorship of Science Board Picks

OSHA STANDARD-SETTING BROKEN AND MOVING IN WRONG DIRECTION

Backlog of Thousands of Chemicals Worsened by Constipated Process and Timidity

BISON KILLED IN ANNUAL BISON RANGE ROUNDUP

Tribal Workers’ Inability to Ride Horses Causes Safety and Management Headaches