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From: Vice ““I have never seen anyone go after these boards. They’ve always kind of been off-limits,” said Kyla Bennett, who worked as the head of wetlands enforcement in EPA’s Northeast region for 10 years and now runs Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an ...

From: LA Times “Some conservationists and environmentalists opposed the move when it was announced. On Thursday, the Washington-based Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility released copies of its letter to the Department of the Interior, announcing plans to sue under ...

From: Courthouse News ““Not only is this a helluva way to run a railroad, but Yosemite does not even know who owns the trains,” Jeff Ruch, executive director of PEER, said. He said there’s a tendency of many national park superintendents to “ensure every square inch of their ...

From: Esquire “For a listing price of just $25,000 in taxpayer money, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has completed the installation of a “super-secure phone booth” in his office at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency. And we’ve got photos!” ...

From: Greenwire “”The Plan is fraudulent and disregards both science and common sense. As such, we request that EPA withdraw this fatally flawed draft Strategic Plan, and re-issue one that complies with [the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act], congressional ...

From: Palm Beach Post “Under Scott, Florida has eased up on enforcing rules against polluters. The Department of Environmental Protection has opened 81 percent fewer pollution-regulation cases since 2010, the year before Scott took office, according to Florida Public Employees for ...