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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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KILLS MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION WILDLIFE IN ‘04

Record “Take” of Wildlife Comes Mainly From Chemical Agents

CHEMICAL WEAPONS MONITOR FILES RETALIATION COMPLAINT

Emergency Response Capability at Chemical Weapons Depot in Doubt

BURIED STUDY ON WASHINGTON LANDFILL MERCURY FINALLY SURFACES

Ecology Allowed Landfill Operators to Select Sites for Mercury Testing

NEW JERSEY COVERING UP DEALS WITH CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Public Records Request for Chemical Industry Pact Denied on Security Grounds

BLM DIRECTOR URGED RANCHERS TO SUE HER AGENCY

Kathleen Clarke Tried to Block Award of Grazing Permit to Grand Canyon Trust