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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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

From: Law 360 “In a complaint filed Thursday in D.C. federal court, Air Alliance Houston, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and other environmental groups say that the CAA requires the Chemical Safety Board to establish requirements for reporting accidents. While having ...

From: C & E News “Several nonprofit organizations sued the U.S. Chemical Safety Board earlier this month for failing to establish a national reporting system to collect data on air pollution emissions from accidents by U.S. companies. “ Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: Law 360 “The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a group of retired federal employees filed a joint status report on Monday with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service saying that a tentative agreement in a suit over the management of the National Bison Range still ...