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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

GROUPS MOVE TO PROTECT GREAT BASIN DUNES BUTTERFLY AND HABITAT

Bush Interior Department Failing To Protect Sand Mountain Blue From Off-Road Vehicle Excess

BERKLEY TOXIC HOT SPOTS MISTESTED, STATE AUDIT FINDS

Commonwealth Threatens Fines in Cancer Cluster at Bog’s Landing

GAO FAULTS SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS FOR BUSH SPECIAL COUNSEL

Cronyism Run Amok at Merit Protection Agency

OSHA TO INTERIOR WORKERS – DROP DEAD

OSHA Refuses to Inspect Despite Mounting Health Complaints

EPA SUED FOR IGNORING LEAD POISONING HAZARDS

More than One Million Children at Risk from Lead Paint Exposure in Older Homes