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Is Trump Using the Shutdown to Serve Energy and Hunting Special Interests?

From: TruthOut

“Several moves by the Interior Department to bring back furloughed staff to attend to oil and gas activities aren’t sitting well with some elected officials. Arizona’s…

Is the Trump Administration ‘Gaming the Shutdown’ to Serve Energy and Hunting Special Interests?

From: The Revelator

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit that advocates for public employees who work on environmental issues,…

Gaming the System

From: The Washington Post

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental advocacy group, is calling on the Government Accountability Office to probe whether the…

Government Shutdown Becomes a ‘Polluters Holiday’

From: Environment News Service

“Federal biological, pollution, and food safety monitoring has been suspended as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed and forbidden…

EPA should be making more criminal referrals for polluters

From: Kentucky Kernel

“The story reported that EPA referrals resulted in 62 federal convictions in the year 2018, making it the fewest convictions since 1995. Under Bill Clinton’s presidency…


News Releases

U.S. PARK POLICE FORCE LEVELS CONTINUE FALLING

Lowest Level in 20 Years Fuels Frustrations and Exodus of Officers

NEW JERSEY AIDE GOT TOO CLOSE TO DEVELOPERS

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Personal Advisor to DEP Commissioner

FOREST SERVICE OUTSOURCING PROGRAM A FIASCO, GAO FINDS

Scathing Report Rips Firefighting Erosion, Illusory Savings and Law Violations

EPA KISSES OFF FLORIDA’S WETLANDS

Developer Sway in EPA Breeds Algal Blooms and Aquifer Contamination

BOWHEAD WHALE IMPERILED BY ARCTIC DRILLING PLANS

Scientific Warnings on Oil Spills and Seismic Noise Disregarded to Speed Lease Sales