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MEDIA FALSELY REPORTS TRUMP'S EPA IS 'WEAKENING RADIATION SAFETY LEVELS'

From: The Daily Caller

“The story suggested the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was quietly “weakening radiation safety levels.” Bloomberg’s report was based on documents…

SCOTT PRUITT'S EPA SAYS MAYBE MORE RADIATION EXPOSURE WOULDN'T BE SO HARMFUL

From: Gizmodo

“Environmental protection non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility published a document on their website comparing the two guidelines, saying previous…

EPA SAYS HIGHER RADIATION LEVELS POSE 'NO HARMFUL HEALTH EFFECT'

From: Bloomberg

“Even with those lower standards, the EPA had never before said that any level of radiation exposure is safe, according to Jeff Ruch, executive director of the Public…

BURDENED BY AUSTERITY, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BREAKS THE LAW

From: New York Times

“"The summit of Mt. Washburn has been the biggest destination for hikers and now it's going to be like hiking to a telecommunications bunker," PEER head Jeff Ruch…

YELLOWSTONE OFFICIALS SAY ADDING ANTENNAE TO MOUNT WASHBURN FIRE LOOKOUT WOULD HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACT

From: Yellowstone Insider

“The determination that the Mt. Washburn proposal would have an “adverse” visual effect was included in a letter from Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk to…


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