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FEDERAL HIRING FREEZE COULD AFFECT HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN NEW MEXICO

From: Santa Fe New Mexican

"“This freeze means that the thin green line protecting America’s natural resources will get thinner and, in some places, it will snap,” Jeff Ruch, director…

FEDERAL HIRING FREEZE HITS WESTERN LAND AGENCIES

From: High Country News

" A recent survey from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility showed that staffers at the Bureau of Land Management, where oil and gas exploration…

SCIENTISTS ARE TAKING THEIR FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP'S CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL TO THE STREETS OF DC

From: Fusion

"“From what we can tell, the cloud of Mordor is descending across the federal service,” Jeff Ruch, executive director for the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility"

TRUMP'S SILENCING OF SCIENCE AGENCIES RESEMBLES 'HOSTILE TAKEOVER'

From: Vocativ

"“This is a much more intense disruption of federal services that has all the earmarks of a hostile takeover,” said Jeff Ruch, the longtime director of Public Employees…

PRESIDENT TRUMP SILENCES FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

From: Environment News Service

"“Many voted for Trump in hopes he would bring business acumen to this very big job,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director with the nonprofit Public Employees…


News Releases

CORPS BIOLOGIST FACES 30-DAY SUSPENSION FOR KAYAKING L.A. RIVER

Off-Duty Challenge to Ruling River Was Not Navigable “Undermined Authority”

BAY STATE SELECTMEN SUBJECT OF COMPLAINT AND FEDERAL LAWSUIT

Purge of Conservation Commission Fuels Development Free-for-All in Rehoboth

EPA DROPS PLAN FOR PESTICIDE ENDORSEMENTS AND CAUSE MARKETING

Loophole Left for Case-by-Case Okays of Label Pesticide Pitches, Plugs and Logos

SHUTTERED EPA LIBRARIES OPEN DOORS TOMORROW AFTER TWO YEARS

EPA Headquarters and Chicago, Dallas and Kansas City Regional Libraries Re-Open

NEW TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST PROPOSAL LACKS BALANCE, QUIET RECREATION SHORTCHANGED

Hikers, campers, anglers and other forest visitors worry that new Forest Service proposal would lead to more noise, pollution and safety risks from dirt bikes and off-road vehicles