INSTEAD OF PROTECTING THE EARTH, EPA AGENTS NOW FORCED TO SERVE AS PRUITT BODYGUARDS
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Susan Sargent | September 22, 2017
From: Common Dreams “”[F]ewer agents generate fewer cases leading to ever-fewer convictions down the road,” Ruch concluded. “ Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
COMPLAINT CLAIMS WASHINGTON LAWMAKER PRESSURED WSU TO PUNISH WOLF RESEARCHER
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Susan Sargent | September 20, 2017
From: Northwest Public Radio “PEER has filed an ethics complaint, citing numerous incidents over the past six years where Kretz contacted WSU administrators and researchers and issued threats in order to dictate the direction of the schools carnivore research, specifically that of Dr. ...
AT EPA, GUARDING THE CHIEF PULLS AGENTS FROM PURSUING ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
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Susan Sargent |
From: Washington Post “Even before Pruitt’s security team expanded, the number of special agents inside the Criminal Investigation Division was declining. According to documents obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility under the Freedom of Information Act, their ...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NOMINEE WANTS TO OPEN PRISTINE ALASKAN REFUGE TO DRILLING
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Susan Sargent |
From: Think Progress “During his time as an aide at the agency during the George W. Bush administration, current Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt “substantially rewrote official biological assessments to falsely downplay impacts of drilling” in the refuge, according to Public ...
USGS: THOUSANDS OF WEBPAGES ARE GONE. AGENCY BLAMES SEARCH TOOL
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Susan Sargent | September 19, 2017
From: Climatewire “”California is signaling its attempt to limit the effect of the Trump presidency,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which helped draft the legislation. “They would literally be the resistance. ...