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 explanation.”” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

Even Slight Upturns Cannot Mask Historic Nosedive in Pollution Control ...

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. “It appears that national parks are no longer allowed to give Congress their honest views ...

Findings of Illegality and Waste Fail to Spark Bureau of Reclamation Reform ...

From: Government Executive “EPA currently has 147 special agents in its Criminal Investigation Division, according to documents obtained through a federal records request by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, less than half the number it employed in 2003 and well below ...