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Is Trump Using the Shutdown to Serve Energy and Hunting Special Interests?

From: TruthOut

“Several moves by the Interior Department to bring back furloughed staff to attend to oil and gas activities aren’t sitting well with some elected officials. Arizona’s…

Is the Trump Administration ‘Gaming the Shutdown’ to Serve Energy and Hunting Special Interests?

From: The Revelator

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit that advocates for public employees who work on environmental issues,…

Gaming the System

From: The Washington Post

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental advocacy group, is calling on the Government Accountability Office to probe whether the…

Government Shutdown Becomes a ‘Polluters Holiday’

From: Environment News Service

“Federal biological, pollution, and food safety monitoring has been suspended as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed and forbidden…

EPA should be making more criminal referrals for polluters

From: Kentucky Kernel

“The story reported that EPA referrals resulted in 62 federal convictions in the year 2018, making it the fewest convictions since 1995. Under Bill Clinton’s presidency…


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