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THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK MOVING AHEAD WITH NORTH UNIT COMMUNICATION TOWER

From: National Parks Traveler

“The issue of a signal bleed was raised last fall by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which worried that Verizon's signal from the tower…

'AGING AGENCY' THREATENS EPA STRENGTH DESPITE EARLY BUDGET REPRIEVE

From: Inside EPA

““EPA is an aging agency,” says Kyla Bennett, the New England director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and a former EPA staffer. “Just by…

EPA: SEEING 'CHILLING EFFECT', UNIONS PUSH BACK ON ETHICS MEMO

From: Greenwire

“"We will defend any EPA employee who gets in trouble for expressing their views, but that's not a good position for anyone to be in," Ruch said."

Read More … | May 09, 2017 | Tags: EPA, Scientific Integrity, Trump

PARK RANGER FORCE CONTINUES SHRIVELING AS VISITATION SWELLS

From: Sonoran News

“The number of rangers protecting our national parks and their visitors is steadily shrinking even as new parks are added and the number of park visitors balloons…

COLORADO CONGRESSMEN WANT BLM OFFICE OUT WEST

From: Santa Fe New Mexican

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the idea of moving BLM’s headquarters “seems…


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