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FEDERAL HIRING FREEZE COULD AFFECT HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN NEW MEXICO

From: Santa Fe New Mexican

"“This freeze means that the thin green line protecting America’s natural resources will get thinner and, in some places, it will snap,” Jeff Ruch, director…

FEDERAL HIRING FREEZE HITS WESTERN LAND AGENCIES

From: High Country News

" A recent survey from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility showed that staffers at the Bureau of Land Management, where oil and gas exploration…

SCIENTISTS ARE TAKING THEIR FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP'S CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL TO THE STREETS OF DC

From: Fusion

"“From what we can tell, the cloud of Mordor is descending across the federal service,” Jeff Ruch, executive director for the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility"

TRUMP'S SILENCING OF SCIENCE AGENCIES RESEMBLES 'HOSTILE TAKEOVER'

From: Vocativ

"“This is a much more intense disruption of federal services that has all the earmarks of a hostile takeover,” said Jeff Ruch, the longtime director of Public Employees…

PRESIDENT TRUMP SILENCES FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

From: Environment News Service

"“Many voted for Trump in hopes he would bring business acumen to this very big job,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director with the nonprofit Public Employees…


News Releases

FLORIDA NOT COLLECTING FINES LEVIED AGAINST LARGEST POLLUTERS

DEP Failed to Collect $45 Million Over 15 Years

BLM STALLS SAND MOUNTAIN PLAN AS BUSY WEEKEND APPROACHES

Bush Administration Working Only With Off-roaders

FOREST SERVICE SECRETLY TARGETING SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS FOR MAJOR LOGGING

Changes Forest Plans

VIOLENCE AGAINST PARK RANGERS REMAINS HIGH

Two Deaths and 98 Attacks in 2002, NPS Assailed for Ignoring Growing Trend

MORE ATTACKS ON FEDERAL RESOURCE EMPLOYEES

Violence Against Forest Service, BLM and Wildlife Staff Rises for Third Straight Year