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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

YELLOWSTONE CLOSES HIKING DESTINATION TO HIKE BANDWIDTH

Mt. Washburn Build-Out Shows Cell Service Trumps Massive Infrastructure Needs

CLUELESS OVERSIGHT PROMOTES DAMAGING LIVESTOCK PRACTICES

House Hearing Ignores Declining Range Conditions and Costs of Welfare Ranching

WHEELER SHOULD RELAX PRUITT CHOKEHOLDS ON EPA OPERATION

Administrator Consolidated Decision-Making Marginalized Regional Offices

A FOIA DELAYED IS A FOIA DENIED

Even When Sued Agencies Deploy Stalling Tactics That Consume Years

NAVY SPRINKLES PIXIE DUST ACROSS HUNTERS POINT

Bizarre Retesting Plan Claims 80% of Contaminated Soil Samples Are Clean