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CAHNRS CONFLICTS UNDERMINING ACADEMIC FREEDOM, FACULTY SAY

by Susan Sargent | September 14, 2017
From: The Daily Evergreen “Many cases throughout the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resources Sciences echo the concerns of professor Robert Wielgus, who filed ethics complaints against WSU after administrators disavowed his wolf research. Other conflicts stem from disputes ...

WATCHDOG GROUP BLASTS US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

by Susan Sargent | September 13, 2017
From: Central Valley Business Times “Three recent federal investigations have found the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation misspending more than $100 million in funds but the agency has not committed to significant reforms nor to punishing any responsible officials, charges the environmental ...

AS HURRICANES STRIKE, EPA STAFFING NEARS A 30 YEAR LOW

From: Bill Moyers & Company “Mr. Pruitt hasn’t laid out any plan for how to reshape the agency or its priorities, making it more difficult to improve its performance with fewer resources, said Jeff Ruch, executive director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, ...

FEDERAL AUDIT REVEALS $84 MILLION MISUSED FOR DELTA TUNNELS PLANNING

by Susan Sargent | September 12, 2017
From: Elk Grove News “PEER claimed that of the $60 million in Coordination Act grants spent, “not a dime went to habitat improvements.“ Instead, the group said the money was actually being expended on work that will harm critical habitat for at least five endangered and threatened ...

AGENCY: TURBINES COULD SPIN DURING BIRD MIGRATIONS

by Susan Sargent | September 11, 2017
From: Cape Cod Times “Feathering is what bird conservationists had asked for 10 years ago, said Kyla Bennett of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, one of the plaintiffs in the court case challenging the project. “Cape Wind had said no, that would make our project ...

WHY DID THE FED INTERIOR DEPARTMENT MISUSE $84 MILLION FOR CALIFORNIA DELTA TUNNELS PLANNING?

From: Red Green And Blue “The release of the final audit follows over a year of federal investigation requested by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), who filed a complaint last February that accused the California Department of Water Resources and the U.S. Bureau ...
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