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NUMBER OF CRIMINAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROSECUTIONS KEEPS DROPPING

by Susan Sargent | February 2, 2018
From: E&E News PM “”The U.S. averages more than 1,000 major industrial chemical accidents every year,” Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said in an email. “Eliminating any federal capacity to learn the causes of ...

TRUMP TO AGAIN PROPOSE ELIMINATING CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD, OFFICIALS SAY

by Susan Sargent | February 1, 2018
From: Bloomberg Businessweek “”The U.S. averages more than 1,000 major industrial chemical accidents every year,” Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said in an email. “Eliminating any federal capacity to learn the causes ...

ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND FEDS REACH SETTLEMENT OVER BISON MANAGEMENT

From: Courthouse News Service “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said “a new era may be dawning” over management of the National Bison Range in Moiese, Montana.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

BISON RANGE LAWSUIT SETTLED

From: Daily Inter Lake “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in May 2016, when the agency was considering transferring the range, home to an estimated 350 bison, to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.” Read more ...

SETTLEMENT FORCES NATIONAL BISON RANGE TO FORGE CONSERVATION PLAN BY 2023

From: KGVO “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a group called PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) settled a lawsuit this week that focuses on a missing conservation plan for the National Bison Range. Though she’s not a public employee, Susan Campbel Reneau was ...

SCOTT PRUITT IS SLOWLY STRANGLING THE EPA

by Susan Sargent | January 30, 2018
From: Vox ““The problem at EPA right now is there is a chilling effect on enforcement,” Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told E&E News.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
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