From: The Hill “A former Trump campaign aide has been charged with decisions on grant funding at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), The Washington Post reported.” ...

From: Scientific American “Agency officials were told they could not repeat their concerns to Congress, according to Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, who obtained the memo and provided a copy to McClatchy.” Read more . . . Read ...

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) — will temporarily join the agency in a senior position even though she has not been ...

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 by President Obama just two weeks before Hurricane Harvey battered the Texas coast. “If Trump had ...

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 a letter to President Trump today that sharply criticizes the agency’s response.” Read ...