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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

AMERICA’S TEN MOST IMPERILED WILDLIFE REFUGES

Threatened by Oil Drilling, Mining, Roads, ORV Use and, Above All – Politics

CLOSED EPA LIBRARIES TO RETURN IN LAVATORY-SIZED SPACES

Political Appointee Asserts Control over All Libraries, Repeals 30-Year-Old Manual

PROBE CALLED FOR IN NEW JERSEY TOXIC HIGH SCHOOL FIASCO

Inspector General Asked Why “Kiddie Kollege” Law Failed Clifton High School

SHELL’S REVOLVING DOOR SWINGS U.S. ARCTIC DRILLING PROGRAM

Oil Company Grabs Top Agency Managers to Push What They Used to Regulate

FIGHT TO RE-CLASSIFY PYGMY OWL AS ENDANGERED

Conservationists Take First Step to Re-establish Protections for the Pygmy Owl