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STATES MAY HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING UP FOR A SMALLER EPA

From: Buzzfeed

“According to data collected by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Florida only opened 297 environmental enforcement cases in 2015, an almost…

WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES 'SHOCKED' BY REPORTED BUDGET CUTS

From: Government Executive

““The rise in extreme weather events across the country argues for increasing rather than stripping local forecasting capacity,” said PEER Executive Director…

GOP'ERS SAY THEY WANT TO PUNISH ALLEGED SEXUAL PREDATORS IN GOVERNMENT. RYAN ZINKE HAS A TEST CASE.

From: Washington Post

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group that has called on the Park Service to dismiss several employees…

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

From: Telluride News

“Both sides believe they have strong scientific evidence, and moral imperatives, that prove why the studies are necessary or why they are not. In the pro-predator-control…

GUTTING EPA'S BUDGET AND STAFF WOULD ENDANGER THE HEALTH OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

From: Huffington Post

“Scott did much more than just “weaken” enforcement. He virtually eliminated it. In 2015, the Florida DEP opened 81 percent fewer enforcement cases than in 2010,…


News Releases

U.S. PARK POLICE AT LOWEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN A DECADE

Retirements Will Send Force Lower as Assaults on Officers Rise

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK PLAN SHORTCHANGES WILDERNESS

Development Promoted While Rivers and Wild Lands Shortchanged

PRIVACY OF PEER MEMBERSHIP LIST UPHELD

Tennessee & Co. Sought Names of Government “Double Agents” in Landfill Fight

EPA ENFORCEMENT THREATENED BY LIBRARY CLOSURES

Prosecutions at Risk from Loss of Timely Access to Key Documents

FLORIDA NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE ON HURRICANE EVACUATIONS

Lessons Learned from Earlier Florida Hurricanes Not Being Applied