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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT MIRED IN INVESTIGATIONS

From: High Country News

“...some watchdog groups worry that any findings about Zinke’s conduct will simply pass unnoticed without outside pressure. Investigations are only effective…

CELLULAR SACRAMENTO: VERIZON DEAL WILL BRING 5G NETWORK TO THE CAPITAL CITY- BUT AT WHAT COST?

From: Sacramento News & Review

“Based on information PEER says it discovered through Freedom of Information Act requests, its members are asking the inspector general to investigate…

ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS PLOT AGAINST PESKY CORMORANTS

From: The Buffalo News

““These are the least politically popular animals I’ve ever encountered,” Ruch said. “All we’re saying is learn about them before you shoot them.” Ruch added:…

CATFISH FARMERS FREE TO RESUME WAR AGAINST CORMORANTS

From: Greenwire

“"It's the sort of sloppy science that gets the Fish and Wildlife Service sued regularly," PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch said today of the agency's latest work,…

EMPLOYEE GROUP RAISES CONCERNS THAT NEW PARK SERVICE UNIFORMS COULD INCREASE DISEASE RISK

From: Government Executive

““No one has apparently even asked whether environmentally sensitive federal lands and waters will be subjected to doses of antimicrobial chemicals, insecticides…


News Releases

NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL BUDGET SHRINKS BUT TASKS GROW

New Corzine Initiatives Will Worsen Already Large State Environmental Deficits

NEW WALLA WALLA RIVER RULE LEAVES FISH HIGH AND DRY

Proposed Instream Flow Falls Short for Bull Trout and Steelhead Salmon

CONGRESS WEIGHS FATE OF TROUBLED SPECIAL COUNSEL

Special Counsel Threatens Effectiveness of Congressional Whistleblower Reforms

EPA TO DEFANG ITS INSPECTOR GENERAL

Immediate Buy-Outs to Remove Auditors, Criminal Investigators and Chemists

RARE BUTTERFLY PROTECTED BY EMERGENCY OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CLOSURE IN SAND MTN NEVADA

RENO, Nev.– Yesterday the Bureau of Land Management announced an emergency closure of 3,985 acres of public land in and adjacent to the Sand Mountain Recreation Area near Fallon, Nevada, to off-road…