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Agency ‘Hemorrhaging’ Taxpayer Dollars — Watchdog

by PEER | November 16, 2018
From: Greenwire “A government watchdog is criticizing the Chemical Safety Board for lacking transparency and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in a personnel case involving a former managing director of the agency. CSB will hold a closed-door meeting tomorrow on a “legal ...

Why The EPA Won’t Get The Lead Out Of Our Water

by PEER |
From: The National Memo “Public employees are pushing the EPA to rewrite its regulations which have helped enable crises like Flint, Mich., and now Newark, N.J. An estimated 15 million to 22 million people, or 5% to 7.5% of our nation’s population, drink water delivered through lead ...

Interior Credits Increased Fossil Fuel Production for Jump in Revenue from Federal Lands

by PEER | November 15, 2018
From: The Hill “At least one Conservation group regarded the report and its numbers with heavy skepticism–nothing that fiscal 2017 extends into the Obama administration. The year begins October 2016. “This report contains no evidence that ‘smart regulatory reforms and ...

Ravenwoode: Saving America’s Wild Horses from Slaughter

by PEER | November 13, 2018
From: Lake County News “Well-intentioned BLM whistleblowers have not stopped the slaughter. Even years of media investigative reporting, which has chronicled widespread abuses, have not stopped the slaughter. Countless nationwide horse protection and advocacy groups, who have mobilized ...

The Strange Case of Daniel Horowitz and His Three Years of Paid Leave

by PEER |
From: Centre Law & Consulting “For exactly three years Daniel Horowitz was paid his full GS-15 salary of $161,000 to do – well – exactly nothing. That delicious gravy train finally ended. We can now say that Dr. Horowitz was employed (past tense) by the Chemical Safety Board (CSB ...

Fed Board Run By Obama Holdovers Is ‘Hemorrhaging’ Taxpayer Money on Legal Fees

by PEER |
From: The Daily Caller “A federal board tasked with investigating chemical accidents is “hemorrhaging” taxpayer money on a years-long personnel case that has not yet gone to trial, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). PEER attorneys are representing ...