From: Bloomberg “The GAO report also found that the federal government doesn’t keep a single source of comprehensive, timely, and publicly available data on political appointees. The GAO report is “consistent with the administration’s disrespect for good management norms,” said ...

“Since last summer the Trump administration made clear it had no intention to gather any new data about the Arctic Refuge that could inform its decisions on leasing, despite the release of a USGS report noting several major science gaps. Yesterday’s news of additional Fish and Wildlife ...

From: Sheridan Media “A national park in Wyoming is moving ahead with plans for a network of cell towers amid questions about how the National Park Service balances public safety with the experience of wilderness. Grand Teton National Park is taking public comment on plans for nine cell ...

From: Government Executive “Just a day before a scheduled three-day civil service court hearing, the Chemical Safety Board on Wednesday settled its dispute with fired managing director Daniel Horowitz, who had spent three years on paid administrative leave after contesting his dismissal ...

From: Courthouse News “Warning of far-reaching environmental impacts, 16 attorneys general accused the Trump administration on Wednesday of relying on a flawed study to justify the start of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Plans to allow resource mining on the state’s ...

From: Earther / Gizmodo “Opponents have been keeping a watchful eye on the Trump Administration’s efforts to open up ANWR ever since Congress snuck a provision allowing such activity into a tax reform bill in 2017. Earlier this week, watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental ...

From: Daily Caller “The chaos that rocked the agency under Moure-Eraso’s has continued since his departure. Morale at the agency is at the lowest levels of any federal agency and its own employees alleged that the work environment is “toxic,” according to comments taken anonymously ...

From: Jackson Hole News & Guide “Detractors of lining Teton park with cell towers exist, especially the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which sued last spring over alleged violations of the Freedom of Information Act relating to a 2017 request for a trove of ...

From: San Francisco Chronicle “”Part of the point of wilderness is the ability to be disconnected and feel alone, but if somebody on the same trail can order a pizza, or sell stock, or chase Pokemon, that takes away from the visitor experience,” said Jeff Ruch with the group ...

From: Union of Concerned Scientists “According to documents obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and posted online this week, the Interior Department failed to consider more than a dozen internal memos from staff scientists raising scientific and environmental ...

From: KTOO Public Media “An environmental group has published 18 memos by government scientists that outline gaps in knowledge about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The group claims the information should have been included in the Bureau of Land Management’s report on possible ...

From: Washington Times “In second place was the American Civil Liberties Union with 130 requests, followed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (94 requests), Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (88) and Electronic Privacy Information Center (74) to round ...

From: Gizmodo “There’s still a lot scientists don’t know about how the Trump Administration’s plan to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska would impact its delicate ecosystems. That much is clear from newly-released documents the Fish and ...

From: National Parks Traveler “The purpose of the assessment is to consider a right-of-way permit request for updating and expanding telecommunication capabilities in developed areas of Grand Teton National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, and connecting to Yellowstone ...

From: The Daily Caller “Members of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) will appear at a hearing Thursday to argue over the handling of former CSB managing director Daniel Horowitz’s termination from the agency. The hearing will be a “political slugfest” between political ...

From: E&E News “Newly leaked Interior Department documents raise questions about the environmental review of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain. The documents show that federal scientists drafted 18 memos detailing the environmental “ ...

From: Counter Punch “Bob was on a roll until he brought an elk-poaching case against a hunting guide who had worked for an outfitter named Harold Turner — a case he discusses in the podcast. The Turner family, which owns the famous Triangle X Ranch in Jackson Hole, is friends with ...

From: USA Today “Since taking office, Trump has dismantled several of former President Barack Obama’s environmental protection efforts. The Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal enforcement of anti-pollution cases is at a 30-year low, according to a Public Employees for ...

From: Federal News Network “How often have you heard the complaint that the first thing cut when budgets aren’t right is training? At the National Park Service, that seems to be the case, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The group called the agency ...

From: ABC News “Flor De Maria Vega Zapata was awarded for leading a team of environmental enforcement prosecutors in Peru that protects natural resources, biodiversity, and public health. But under the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal enforcement ...