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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

RHODE ISLAND DESALINATION PLANT POLLUTING LOBSTER NURSERY

Concentrated Brine Outfall for Yacht Club Illegally Placed in Shallow Waters

CENTENNIAL INITIATIVE MAY AGGRAVATE PARK SERVICE BACKLOG

Donor-Driven Prioritization of Park Projects Raises Cautionary Flags

GROUPS URGE CONGRESS TO DENY FUNDS TO DISCREDITED SPECIAL COUNSEL

Obstruction Delaying Completion of Investigation

NEW JERSEY ADMITS PRIVATIZED CLEAN-UP PROGRAM HAS FAILED

State Relies on Industry and No Longer Inspects Sites Until They End Up in the News

NEW ORLEANS PUMPS STILL QUESTIONABLE, SAYS CORPS ENGINEER

U.S. Special Counsel Orders Investigation of Whistleblower Disclosure