IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES MARK EVALUATIONS OF EPA’S PERFORMANCE
From: Government Executive “The advocacy group PEER, using numbers from EPA’s results and analysis and trends website, concluded that the number of administrative enforcement cases initiated by EPA fell by more than one-third in 2017 from just five years earlier, and are on a course in ...
SHULKIN SAYS HE WAS FIRED. THE WHITE HOUSE SAID HE RESIGNED. HERE’S WHY IT MATTERS.
From: CNN “An environmental watchdog group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, is taking that approach with a handful of Interior Department nominees who it says have been in their temporary roles longer than the law allows.” ” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
TRUMP’S NOMINEE TO OVERSEE SUPERFUND PROGRAM SPENT DECADES FIGHTING EPA CLEANUPS ON BEHALF OF POLLUTERS
From: The Intercept “Environmental enforcement cases have already dropped sharply in the past year. According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, “The 2017 case referrals to the Department of Justice for prosecution are below annual levels going back to 1990. The pace ...
A ‘NATIONAL DISGRACE’ GETS A REHAB, BUT DONATIONS SPARK WORRY
From: Greenwire “Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said that parks risk giving donors undue influence over management decisions by relying on their money and that it’s wrong to force a public agency to ask for “spare change.&# ...
KEY ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE THREATS, CYBERWAR AND TERRORISM GOES “MISSING” UNDER TRUMP
From: Truthout “The group suggested that the Strategic National Risk Assessment may have gone “missing” because it could cause political problems for the Trump administration, which has downplayed climate concerns and has been criticized for its response to Russian ...
GRAND TETON – PARK HIDES CELL TOWER PLANS FROM PUBLIC, ENVIRO GROUP SAYS
From: Greenwire “”We’re not against cell towers per se,” said PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. “We want to make sure they don’t needlessly sacrifice park values such as serenity, soundscape and viewsheds.”” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
