News Clips

From: Boisie State Public Radio “During the five-week partial shutdown, thousands of federal employees took to GoFundMe or other online platforms to fundraise for groceries, day care costs or mortgage payments. According to the memo, that’s a no-no. “GoFundMe opens up to anyone,” ...

From: Law 360 “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staffers involved in the Clean Water Act permit process for a $1 billion planned copper and nickel mine in Minnesota told a state agency they had concerns” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: Duluth News Tribune “An environmental group claims the Environmental Protection Agency is wrongfully withholding documents that contain staff comments on the state-issued pollution permits issued to PolyMet’s copper-nickel mine proposed near Hoyt Lakes. In a lawsuit filed ...

From: E&E News “A government watchdog and an environmental group have sued EPA to force the agency to turn over documents related to PolyMet Mining Corp.’s proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. Attorneys from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ( ...

From: Mother Jones “Caffrey said she asked her supervisor at the park service, “Is this because of the climate change stuff?” She said he told her, “I don’t want to answer that.” Park service officials did not respond to questions from Reveal about why Caffrey wasn’t rehired ...

From: Reveal “All federal scientists are vulnerable, but scientists like Caffrey who work under federal contracts face particular risk because they can be fired easily and their funding can be pulled, said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...