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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, FEDERAL LANDS EXPLAINED

by | December 18, 2017
From: Teen Vogue ““It’s not just BLM,” says Jeff Ruch, executive director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). “Public land planning in general has become more opaque and moved to a closed-door process.”” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

HERE’S HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THE EPA SINCE SCOTT PRUITT TOOK OVER

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From: Townhall ““There has been a drop of employees of 770 between April and December. While several hundred of those are buyouts, the rest of those are either people that are retiring or quitting in disgust,” Kyla Bennett, director of New England Public Employees for Environmental ...

ZINKE REACTS TO HARASSMENT SURVEY WITH 4 DISMISSALS

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From: VOA News “The findings “suggest there was a meltdown of the accountability mechanisms” at the department, said Jeff Ruch with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an advocacy group for government employees that has been critical of Zinke’s handling ...

INTERIOR DEPT. SAYS 1 IN 3 EMPLOYEES REPORT BEING HARASSED

by | December 15, 2017
From: Miami Herald “Those findings “suggest there was a meltdown of the accountability mechanisms” at the department, said Jeff Ruch with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an advocacy group for government employees that’s been critical of Zinke’s ...

EPA REFUSES TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS BACKING SCOTT PRUITT’S CLIMATE DENIAL

by | December 14, 2017
From: Truthout “”If Mr. Pruitt does indeed possess facts on climate change that are different from those previously displayed on EPA webpages, he should share them with the public before spending our money to stage a debate,” said PEER Senior Counsel Paula Dinerstein.” ...

MORE THAN 700 EMPLOYEES HAVE LEFT THE EPA SINCE SCOTT PRUITT TOOK OVER

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From: Think Progress ““There has been a drop of employees of 770 between April and December. While several hundred of those are buyouts, the rest of those are either people that are retiring or quitting in disgust,” Kyla Bennett, director of New England Public Employees for ...
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