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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

EPA TO RE-OPEN LIBRARIES BY FALL— BUT THEY WON’T BE THE SAME

Library Holdings Beyond “Core Reference” Require Political Approval

LOUDOUN COUNTY STAFFER FIRED FOR FILING ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT

Warnings about Growth Dangers Suppression Sparks Free Speech Challenge

EPA PUSHING PESTICIDE PROMOTIONS ON SAFETY LABELS

Environmental Agency Will be Entangled in Details of Marketing Campaigns

NEW JERSEY ASKS BUSINESS TO REWRITE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

Developers See Slow Economy as Lever to Weaken Anti-Pollution Permit Rules

ENVIRONMENTAL WHISTLEBLOWERS FARE POORLY UNDER BUSH

Chances of Success before Labor Department Plummets as Reversals Mount