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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…
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)…
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…
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…
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.…
Fewer Permanent and Seasonal Law Enforcement Rangers than a Decade Ago
New “Action Plan” Neuters Enforceable Protection for Overburdened Communities
Federal Employees in the West Put in Crosshairs by Superheated Political Rhetoric
Slight Uptick in 2014 Continues Precipitous Across-the-Board Enforcement Decline
Serious Enforcement and Inspection Failures Put California Workers at Risk