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To Address Toxic Algae, Florida Governor Announces Sweeping Environmental Plan

by | January 15, 2019
From: Governing “The environment became a central issue in the heated election after algae blooms covered most of the 730-square-mile lake and coincided with a red tide in the Gulf of Mexico this past summer, littering beaches with dead sea turtles, dolphins, manatees and other sea life ...

Florida Governor Announces Sweeping Changes in Water Policy

by | January 15, 2019
From: Trade Only Today “Two days after taking office, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has released a proposal to clean up Florida’s waters. The action items include more aggressive policies to address green algae in Lake Okeechobee and toxic spills into coastal waterways. DeSantis plans to ...

Bernhardt Must Renew ‘Acting’ Heads by Month’s End

by | January 11, 2019
From: E&E News “Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt must soon decide whether to maintain eight temporary agency directors, as the Trump administration presses into its third year without appointees for a slew of top posts at the department. Environmental advocacy groups have ...

Idled Federal Workers Called Back To Wildlife Refuges So People Can Hunt

by | January 11, 2019
From: Huffington Post “Jeff Ruch, president of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told The Hill that the FWS decision appears to violate the terms of its own shutdown contingency plan, which allows emergency fund use only for safety and the protection of property. “ ...

US Congress Allows Oil Spill Tax to Expire

by | January 11, 2019
From: Argus Media “A US government trust fund used to clean up oil spills is losing out on millions of dollars in revenue after lawmakers allowed a 9¢/bl excise tax on refiners, importers and producers to expire at the end of last year. The tax is the main source of revenue for the Oil ...

Refuge Reinforcements Ride In, But Is It a Rescue?

by | January 10, 2019
From: E&E News “Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, declared today that the FWS refuge reinforcements could compound risks for wildlife if hunting access increases even as Endangered Species Act consultations on incidental take of ...

Interior Restaffs Some Wildlife Refuges During Shutdown

by | January 10, 2019
From: WFAE 90.7 “Just days after announcing that some furloughed staff will be returning to clean up trash-riddled national parks during the government shutdown, the Trump administration is making a similar move at dozens of wildlife refuges around the country. The plans, which have not ...

DeSantis Announces Sweeping Fixes Meant to Clean Up Florida Water Woes

by | January 10, 2019
From: Miami Herald “DeSantis also ordered environmental enforcement moved from the state’s wildlife agency to the DEP. Under Scott, enforcement plummeted to its lowest in three decades last year, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Even before he was ...

Trump Administration to Restaff Key Wildlife Refuges to Continue Hunts

by | January 10, 2019
From: The Hill “Jeff Ruch, president of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the FWS announcement appears to violate the terms of its own shutdown contingency plan. The 2019 plan notes that the Anti-Deficiency Act stipulates emergency funds can be provided for ...

Alaska Calls for Less Federal Control of Wildlife Management

by | January 9, 2019
From: KTUU “Acting Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang in a 41-page memo says federal officials should stop ignoring state comments on managing wildlife on federal lands. He says the state had repeatedly sought resolutions without success on topics such endangered ...

The Shutdown Shows Just How Vital Government Scientists Are

by | January 9, 2019
From: Wired “”None of the federal environmental laws are written in such a way that if the government is shut down, you can’t do anything,” says Kyla Bennett, senior attorney for the nonprofit group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which advocates on ...

Interior Department Won’t Accept FOIA Requests During Shutdown

by | January 8, 2019
From: The Hill “Jeff Ruch, the president of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, called the timing dubious, especially as Interior has recently pointed to its extreme backup in responding to FOIA requests. The delay has lead to numerous lawsuits. Under a government shutdown ...

BSPR: Proposed Rule Aims To Curb Public Records Requests As Demand For Documents Increases

by | January 4, 2019
From: Boisie State Public Radio “A new rule proposed last week by the U.S. Interior Department could make it harder for news outlets and non-profit organizations to get public information on a range of federal issues. Once adopted, the regulations would allow the agency to put a cap on ...

The New Acting Interior Secretary Is An Agency Insider And Ex-Oil Lobbyist

by | January 3, 2019
From: KUER 90.1 “In addition to his track record in Washington governance and politics, Bernhardt also has experience in the fossil fuel industry. He worked for a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm where E&E News reported that his clients included Cobalt International Energy and the ...

More than 800 Florida Manatees Died in 2018

by | January 3, 2019
From: Dive Photo Guide “How many more bad years can manatees endure before triggering an irreversible downward population spiral?” asked Jeff Ruch, Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Indeed, it may not be long before the Florida manatee’s ...

Proposed Rule Aims To Curb Public Records Requests As Demand For Documents Increases

by | January 3, 2019
From: KUER 90.1 “A new rule proposed last week by the U.S. Interior Department could make it harder for news outlets and non-profit organizations to get public information on a range of federal issues. Once adopted, the regulations would allow the agency to put a cap on the number of ...

New Interior FOIA Rule Could Make it Harder to Get Public Documents

by | January 2, 2019
From: The Hill “An Interior spokesperson would not answer questions about the rule change, citing the government shutdown. The rule was signed by Principal Deputy Solicitor Daniel Jorjani, a former adviser to Charles and David Koch. An Interior spokesperson in early December cited ...

Under Cover of Shutdown, Trump Admin Quietly Moves to Deprive ‘American People of Their Right to Know What Government Is Doing’

by | January 2, 2019
From: Common Dreams “Amid the chaos of the ongoing government shutdown and winter holidays, critics on Monday are calling out the Trump administration for quietly moving to make it harder for the public to find out what goes on behind closed doors at the U.S. Department of the Interior. ...

Manatee Deaths In 2018 Approach All-Time High

by | January 2, 2019
From: CBS 4 Miami “As 2018 comes to a close, it’s been a bad year of Florida’s manatee population with the second highest number of deaths ever recorded. According to preliminary figures posted by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), more than 800 manatees died ...

New Alaska Wildlife Managers Could Revive Old Fights Over Federal Protections, Bear- and Wolf-Killing

by | December 31, 2018
From: Alaska Public Media “If I were a wolf or a bear in Alaska right now, I would be headed for the Canadian border, ASAP,” said Rick Steiner, an environmental advocate and former marine conservation professor in Anchorage. Among Steiner’s concerns was the hiring of Grasser as the ...
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