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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 PARK HUNTING AND FISHING RESTRICTIONS UNDER FIRE

Rules to Stem Invasive Species, Lead Poisoning, and Gun Accidents at Risk

EPA FUMBLES ARTIFICIAL TURF SCIENCE

Agency Had No Scientific Basis for Downplaying Toxic Exposure Risks

ARID NEW MEXICO TO GET MUCH DRIER UNDER TRUMP PLAN

Virtually All Rivers and Streams, Many Wetlands to Lose Legal Protection

CELL TOWER MIASMA PERVADES NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

Audit Finds Broad Noncompliance with Eco-Rules and Revenue Collection

NEW BLM ACTING DIRECTOR THREATENS AGENCY'S EXISTENCE

Ultra-Right Wing Lawyer William Pendley is Uniquely Unqualified to Run BLM