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I Declare The Hunters Point Shipyard To Be A Public Health Emergency

by PEER | June 11, 2018
From: Indy Bay “The parcels in question border former Parcel A where families are now housed according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility executive director Jeff Ruch. Ruch obtained the EPA review under the Freedom of Information Act and states, “Documents ...

Week 72: Trump’s “Soviet-Style” Plan to Save Coal

by PEER |
From: NRDC: On Earth “The order comes as part of a Freedom of Information Act dispute between Pruitt’s EPA and the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER. The group has demanded that the EPA produce data in support of Pruitt’s claim, while the agency ...

The Great Chinese Climate Hoax Might Be Working Overtime This Hurricane Season

by PEER |
From: Esquire “That storms are becoming stronger, wetter, and slower is pushing us toward something resembling a bimonthly catastrophe every year at this time. Luckily, we have Scott (Free Lunch) Pruitt on the job, as a federal judge made clear on Wednesday.” Read more . . . ...

State Scientist Tapped for EPA Panel with Backing of Texas GOP Donor

by PEER |
From: The Austin-American Statesman “The science board “should protect human health and the environment, but they are getting rid of real scientists and stacking it with ones their donors want in there,” Kyla Bennett, a former EPA employee who now works for the watchdog group ...

Letter From the Heartland Institute to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

by PEER | June 8, 2018
From: The Heartland Institute “The day after that interview, a group called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding “EPA documents that support the conclusion that human activity is not the largest factor ...

Yellowstone Superintendent Retires Rather Than Accept Reassignment to D.C.

by PEER |
From: Boisie State Public Radio “‘I’m 66 years old,’ he said. ‘I did not see that I had that kind of energy that I could commit to three to five years and so I made the decision to retire.’ Wenk is one of many senior leaders at the Park Service targeted for ...
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