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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

HIKING AND PARK GROUPS URGE WITHDRAWAL OF MOUNTAIN BIKE PLAN

New Mountain Bicycle Trails Will Drive Out Other Users and Aggravate Backlog

HAWAII SEISMIC NETWORK STUCK BEHIND SCHEDULE

Promised Tsunami and Earthquake Monitoring System Less than Half Complete

NOAA SEA GRANT SEEKS TO DE-FUND SCIENTIST FOR ADVOCACY

Protest on Oil Industry Bias in Sea Grant Seen to “Cause Problems Nationally”

CALIFORNIA DESERT WINS NEW PROTECTION VIA FEINSTEIN AMENDMENT

Lion’s Share of CDCA Included in Landscape Conservation System by Omnibus Bill

DOW DIOXIN DEAL FLYING UNDER EPA RADAR

Contamination Case in Closed-Door Negotiations for “Non-Regulatory” Resolution