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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

LAWSUIT TO GROUND EXCESSIVE NATIONAL PARK OVERFLIGHTS

FAA Faulted for Failure to Implement 2000 Law for Management of Park Air Tours

ZINKE COMMANDEERED BOAT FOR CHANNEL ISLANDS JAUNT

Diverted to Pick Up Wife, Aunt, and Guests He Classified as “Technical Experts”

INDIANA DUNES PAVILION PLANS NEED FEDERAL HISTORIC REVIEW

Commercial Makeover of Historic Pavilion Merits Public Airing and Comment

TRUMP’S RADICAL ROLLBACK OF CLEAN WATER PROTECTIONS

Repeal and Replace Waters of U.S. Safeguards Rooted in “Alternative Facts”

MONUMENT MIASMA FROM VAGUE ZINKE MEMO

Contradictions, Legal Questions, and Confusion Cloud Zinke Monument Review