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SMMUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION: PCB ABATEMENT WORK HITS A FEW SNAGS

by Susan Sargent | August 17, 2017
From: Malibu Surfside News ““We have encountered some challenges, but we anticipate being able to meet the court-mandated timeline for completing all of the work.” The court mandate Massetti refers to stems from when America Unites For Kids and Public and Employees for Environmental ...

PRUITT’S SECRECY IN RUNNING THE EPA FAULTED BY CRITICS

by Susan Sargent | August 15, 2017
From: NoLa “”This is a huge change, and they made it over a few days, with almost no record, no documentation,” Ruchs said, adding, “It wasn’t so much cooking the books. It was throwing out the books.”” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

COMPLAINT: WISCONSIN BEAR HUNTERS ‘CRIMINALLY HARASSING’ WOLVES

From: Wisconsin Public Radio “”Wisconsin encourages hunting practices that seem calculated to cause fatal conflicts with wolves,” said PEER staff attorney Adam Carlesco. “Endangered species are legally protected from human activity which adversely affects the animals, ...

‘SERIOUS ISSUES AND PROBLEMS’: FEDERAL EMPLOYEES STEP UP THEIR RESISTANCE TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

by Susan Sargent | August 14, 2017
From: Raw Story “Jeff Ruch — executive director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) — told The Hill it’s “kind of obvious” why public employees would be in open revolt against a president who appears bent on dismantling their agencies.” Read ...

‘REAL INDUSTRY’ GROWING AMONG FEDERAL EMPLOYEES COMING FORWARD TO ‘RESIST’ TRUMP

From: World Tribune “Jeff Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), said EPA unions and employees invited his group to do “free-speech brown bag presentations” about how to legally fight back against the Trump administration.” ...

OUTRIGHT DEFIANCE OF TRUMP POLICIES BY FEDERAL BUREAUCRATS

From: PJ Media ““From our point of view, it’s kind of obvious,” said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), when asked about staffers’ growing pushback. “You have Donald Trump, who ran and said he would drain the swamp, ...
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