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STATES MAY HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING UP FOR A SMALLER EPA

From: Buzzfeed

“According to data collected by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Florida only opened 297 environmental enforcement cases in 2015, an almost…

WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES 'SHOCKED' BY REPORTED BUDGET CUTS

From: Government Executive

““The rise in extreme weather events across the country argues for increasing rather than stripping local forecasting capacity,” said PEER Executive Director…

GOP'ERS SAY THEY WANT TO PUNISH ALLEGED SEXUAL PREDATORS IN GOVERNMENT. RYAN ZINKE HAS A TEST CASE.

From: Washington Post

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group that has called on the Park Service to dismiss several employees…

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

From: Telluride News

“Both sides believe they have strong scientific evidence, and moral imperatives, that prove why the studies are necessary or why they are not. In the pro-predator-control…

GUTTING EPA'S BUDGET AND STAFF WOULD ENDANGER THE HEALTH OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

From: Huffington Post

“Scott did much more than just “weaken” enforcement. He virtually eliminated it. In 2015, the Florida DEP opened 81 percent fewer enforcement cases than in 2010,…


News Releases

BUSH ADMINISTRATION FACES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO 5.5M ACRE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND PLAN

BLM's NECO Plan Reduces Conservation, Harms Desert Tortoise, Biodiversity and Wilderness

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE PASSES GOVERNMENT LAWYER WHISTLEBLOWER BILL

First Major State to Free Public Agency Attorneys to Reveal Confidential Information

ATTACKS ON FEDERAL FOREST, FISH AND RANGE WORKERS ON RISE

Forest Service Violence More Than Doubled in 2001

BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WETLANDS VIOLATIONS INVESTIGATED

Embattled School President in Center of Controversy

WHERE TO PUT 50,000 PRAIRIE DOGS

Prairie Dog Committee to Weigh In On Lubbock Eradication Plan