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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

MICHIGAN TORPEDOES ITS OWN GREAT LAKES RESTORATION PLAN

Small Savings from Wetlands Repeal Would Be Swamped by Higher Flood Damages

MICHIGAN THREATENS TO FUMBLE OBAMA GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE

State Plan to Abandon Wetlands Protection Undercuts New Great Lakes Effort

WHY THE OBAMA CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN WON’T WORK

Political Support for Cap & Trade Will Not Overcome Its Practical Shortcomings

RIDERSHIP FOR STOUGHTON LINE FALLS AS COSTS RISE

Worst Eco-Alternative Rail Line Will Cost Massachusetts $800,000 per Commuter

FOREST SERVICE AT SEA ON STATUS OF VAST MINERAL RIGHTS

Wilderness and Experimental Forests in 34 Eastern States Open to Drilling