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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

NATIONAL PARKS PUNT ON OVERCROWDING

Statutory Requirement for Parks to Establish Carrying Capacities Widely Ignored

BAY STATE SOUTH COAST RAIL SHOULD RETURN TO DRAWING BOARD

New Review Should Revisit Unrealistic Assumptions that Sunk Stoughton Alternative

TRIBAL BISON RANGE PLAN LEAVES MANY UNCERTAINTIES

Refuge Mission, Public Access and Fate of Bison Herd Placed at Tribal Discretion

RUDDERLESS NATIONAL PARKS ADRIFT WITHOUT A COMPASS

Most Big National Park Units Lack Required General Management Plans

SKYLINE DRIVE CLOSURES AND DRONES FOR CORPORATE PARKS DONOR

Approval for Subaru Ad Shoot Hand-Carried through National Park Headquarters