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SENIOR EPA OFFICIAL QUITS OVER CONCERNS ABOUT TRUMP ADMIN'S DEREGULATORY AGENDA

From: Town Hall

““The environmental field is suffering from the temporary triumph of myth over truth,” wrote Elizabeth “Betsy” Southerland, who had been at the EPA for 30 years, and…

30-YEAR EPA VETERAN WRITES FAREWELL LETTER, WARNS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE UNDER PRUITT

From: Ecowatch

“A 30-year U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) senior official left federal service Tuesday convinced that her agency is being steered in a disastrously wrong…

TOP EPA OFFICIAL RESIGNS OVER DIRECTION OF AGENCY UNDER TRUMP

From: The Hill

“Elizabeth "Betsy" Southerland ended her 30-year run at the agency with a scathing exit letter in which she claimed that “the environmental field is suffering from the…

SENIOR EPA OFFICIAL RESIGNS WITH SCATHING MESSAGE FOR TRUMP AND PRUITT

From: Think Progress

“In her farewell letter, posted publicly by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Southerland singles out several Trump-era regulatory rollbacks,…

WHISTLEBLOWER CASE SHOWS HOW TRUMP TRIES TO SILENCE SCIENCE

From: Inside Climate News

“Jeff Ruch, Executive Director of the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said Clement's whistleblower arguments could face some challenges.…


News Releases

Leading Whistleblower Organizations Launch Update to Survival Guide For Whistleblowers on 30th Anniversary of Whistleblower Protection Act

WASHINGTON – Today, on the 30th Anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA), Project On Government Oversight (POGO), Government Accountability Project and Public Employees for Environmental…

STATES CONTINUE EXPANDING WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS

Ten States Upgraded Laws in Past Year but Wide Variations in Coverage Remain

NO WHISTLEBLOWER RELIEF IN BROKEN CIVIL SERVICE COURT

Without a Quorum, MSPB Paralyzed as Cases in Backlog Limbo Now Exceed 1,100

TRUMP MONKEY-WRENCHES WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS

Collapse of Civil Service Court Risks Potential Personnel and Judicial Meltdowns

FEDERAL EMPLOYEE FREE SPEECH TIED IN KNOTS

Ethical Quagmires Line Narrow Path of Federal Workers’ Ability to Speak Out