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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

SPECIAL COUNSEL PADS HIS RECORD ON EVE OF OVERSIGHT HEARING

Groups Accuse Special Counsel of Misleading Congress

MOUNTAIN BIKE DEAL MAY OPEN UP PARK WILDERNESS

5.5 Million Acres of Wild Lands Vulnerable to New Mountain Bike Trails

TOP EPA OFFICIAL TESTIFIES AGAINST OWN AGENCY IN CRIMINAL TRIAL

Jimmy Palmer Sides With Developer Found Guilty of Water Pollution, Fraud and Conspiracy

CALL FOR GRAND JURY ON ENVIRONMENTAL RACKETEERING IN FLORIDA

Probe Needed on Role of Campaign Cash in Obstructing Pollution Enforcement

“SCOTCHGARD” WHISTLEBLOWER FILES FEDERAL COMPLAINT

Minnesota Scientist Cites Threats By Ex-3M Executive Heading Pollution Agency