SHULKIN SAYS HE WAS FIRED. THE WHITE HOUSE SAID HE RESIGNED. HERE’S WHY IT MATTERS.
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PEER | April 2, 2018
From: CNN “An environmental watchdog group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, is taking that approach with a handful of Interior Department nominees who it says have been in their temporary roles longer than the law allows.” ” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
TRUMP’S NOMINEE TO OVERSEE SUPERFUND PROGRAM SPENT DECADES FIGHTING EPA CLEANUPS ON BEHALF OF POLLUTERS
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PEER | March 29, 2018
From: The Intercept “Environmental enforcement cases have already dropped sharply in the past year. According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, “The 2017 case referrals to the Department of Justice for prosecution are below annual levels going back to 1990. The pace ...
A ‘NATIONAL DISGRACE’ GETS A REHAB, BUT DONATIONS SPARK WORRY
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PEER | March 28, 2018
From: Greenwire “Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said that parks risk giving donors undue influence over management decisions by relying on their money and that it’s wrong to force a public agency to ask for “spare change. ...
KEY ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE THREATS, CYBERWAR AND TERRORISM GOES “MISSING” UNDER TRUMP
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From: Truthout “The group suggested that the Strategic National Risk Assessment may have gone “missing” because it could cause political problems for the Trump administration, which has downplayed climate concerns and has been criticized for its response to Russian ...
EPA Pollution Enforcement Shrivels Across the Board
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Pruitt Pushing Polluter Settlements Behind Closed Doors for “Informal” Handling ...