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INTERIOR TO REVIEW RULES AGAINST KILLING BEAR CUBS AND WOLF PUPS WITH THEIR MOTHERS

by Susan Sargent | July 24, 2017
From: Washington Post “Interior is pressing ahead right now despite a recent study by scientists for the state game department showing that predator control has little effect on the growth or decline of herds on which they prey. “We detected no convincing support for decreased wolf ...

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EYES LOOSER PREDATOR CONTROL LIMITS ON FEDERAL LANDS

From: Alaska Dispatch News “”It’s certainly an attempt by the Trump administration to do away with these wildlife protection rules,” said Rick Steiner, a retired University of Alaska professor and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility board member. “I ...

WHISTLEBLOWER CASE SHOWS HOW TRUMP TRIES TO SILENCE SCIENCE

by Susan Sargent | July 20, 2017
From: Inside Climate News “Jeff Ruch, Executive Director of the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said Clement’s whistleblower arguments could face some challenges. Trump’s nominee for Special Council, who would likely decide Clement’s case, is ...

OPEN BURNS, ILL WINDS

From: Huffington Post “The truth is that those materials litter the American landscape like no other industry or source of pollution ever has. “The Pentagon is the most prolific and profound polluter on the planet,” said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees for ...

ANALYSIS: IS GOV. RICK SCOTT FRIEND OR FOE OF THE ENVIRONMENT?

by Susan Sargent | July 17, 2017
From: USA Today Network Florida “The Department of Environmental Protection has opened 75 percent fewer pollution regulation enforcement cases since 2011, according to agency data gathered by Florida Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.” Read more . . . Read the PEER ...

MORE THAN 5 YEARS ON, FAMILIES OF DEADLY GRAIN ELEVATOR BLAST VICTIMS STILL SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE

by Susan Sargent | July 14, 2017
From: High Plains Public Radio “The U.S. attorney’s “lengthy squatting” on the Bartlett case precluded the pursuit of civil or administrative remedies against the company, said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit advocacy ...
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