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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

TRIBE MEMBERS HAVE LONG HISTORY OF GAME VIOLATIONS

Seattle City Council Poised to Cede White River Game Management to Muckleshoot

NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY ISSUES GAG ORDER TO STAFF

Mounting Scandals Creating “Bunker Mentality” Inside Troubled Agency

ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER IS LAST WASTE DUMP

State Pocked by Thousands of Hazardous Waste Sites with Little Monitoring

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY JOINS COALITION SEEKING GUNNISON SAGE-GROUSE PROTECTION

TELLURIDE, COLO. – San Miguel County in Colorado has formally joined an effort to protect the Gunnison sage-grouse under the federal Endangered Species Act. The County’s action is in response to a decision…

LEGISLATURE TO PROBE TOXIC COLLAPSE IN NEW JERSEY

Series of Cleanup Fiascoes Have Communities Feeling Betrayed and Vulnerable