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Navy Finds More Radiation Data Falsification at Hunters Point

by PEER | May 24, 2018
From: NBC Bay Area “The U.S. Navy has uncovered further data falsification at the Hunters Point Shipyard, this time regarding radiation surveys conducted on 28 buildings at the site, according to a federal report uncovered by the Washington, D.C.-based environmental watchdog group, ...

House GOP’s CWA Jurisdiction Rider May Hint At Scope Of New EPA Rule

by PEER | May 23, 2018
From: InsideEPA “A source at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which represents whistleblowers at EPA and other agencies, told Inside EPA, “eliminating wetlands that cannot be discerned by the naked eye . . . is ludicrous — it essentially eliminates ...

Tongass “Good Neighbor” Agreement Goes Bad

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From: YubaNet “In this timber sale, Good Neighbor authority became a license to loot,” stated PEER Staff Counsel Adam Carlesco, arguing that under the guise of restoration, damaging clear-cutting occurred. “Both the U.S. Forest Service and the Alaska Department of Natural ...

Interior Whistleblower Complaints Rise — But Why?

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From: E&E News “Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the numbers don’t reveal whether there’s more misconduct at the agency, comparing OSC data to “the blind man and the elephant.” To know more about what ...

This University Told a Professor Not to Talk About Wolves. Now It’s Paying Him $300,000 to Leave.

by PEER | May 22, 2018
From: The College Fix “The group representing Wielgus, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said WSU issued a cease-and-desist letter against him so he would stop “lobbying” on wolf issues and restricted his grant funds so he couldn’t be reimbursed for research- ...

TONGASS “GOOD NEIGHBOR” AGREEMENT GOES BAD

by PEER | May 21, 2018
Alexander Archipelago Logging Did No Restoration and Timber Exported to Asia ...