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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 ...

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.&# ...

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 ...

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 ...

From: The New Yorker “Jeff Ruch, the head of an organization called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, made a FOIA request for documentation of the task force’s deliberations, and was told that none had been found. “They’re asking us to believe the report was an ...

From: Greenwire “Jeff Ruch, the group’s executive director, said the incident will be a test of Zinke’s promise of having “zero tolerance” for sexual harassment, saying it “has no credibility if it exempts his inner circle.”” Read more . . . Read ...