From: The News Tribune “Cellular phone service in Yellowstone National Park will see improvements this summer despite criticism from some that argue increased connectivity takes away from the serenity of the country’s first national park. “Hiking and communing with nature has ...

From: The Hill “Agencies like the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Interior Department have thousands of employees in Western states, many of whom say they feel endangered when in the field; a 2017 survey by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility found 49 percent of BLM ...

From: Nature “When Trump put his hand on the Bible to take the oath of office on 20 January 2017, many EPA scientists kept their heads down. They wondered who might be fired first, and they warned each other to censor their e-mails, for fear that the new administration would monitor ...

From: Audobon “The more you remove [climate change] from public documents and the public eye, the less inclination there is for people to worry about it and want to do something about it.” Pretending the problem doesn’t exist also permits agencies to ignore it in policymaking.” ...

From: Times Picayune “In 1992, the Louisiana black bear was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The listing was justified by the loss of bear habitat and human-related mortality. It is estimated that 80 percent of the bear’s bottomland forest habitat was ...

From: Safety+Health Magazine “Most states have expanded their whistleblower protection laws over the past 12 years, including 10 states that have done so in their most recent legislative sessions, according to an analysis by watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental ...

From: HoumaToday.com “Environmental groups, including Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and others filed the lawsuit June 28 in Washington. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted prematurely, “based on flawed assumptions and shoddy science,” when it took ...

From: E&E news “The suit says there are fewer than 700 in the wild, since other black bears are breeding with the Louisiana bears. “They’re actually making things worse rather than achieving a recovery of this species,” said Paula Dinerstein, counsel for Public ...

From: Herald-Whig “Environmental groups, including Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and others filed the lawsuit June 28 in Washington. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted prematurely, “based on flawed assumptions and shoddy science,” when it took ...

From: Akron Beacon-Journal “Recall how Pruitt became representative of the swamp President Trump says he wants to drain — from around-the-clock security and the $43,000 secure phone booth to excessive first-class travel at taxpayer expense and enlisting aides to perform personal ...

From: E&E News “Thirteen federal investigations into Pruitt were open before he left the agency Friday. Some of those probes could still ensnare political aides who remain on the payroll, even as acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler tries to steer the agency away from the ...

From: The Advocate “A national nonprofit group along with a number of Louisiana organizations and individuals have filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking to have the Louisiana black bear put back on the list of endangered species. The bear, a sub-species of the ...

From: USA Today “Hundreds of scientists, researchers and other staff have left the agency over the past 18 months taking with them institutional expertise. In addition, administrative, civil and criminal enforcement actions continued to drop under Pruitt, a trend that began under ...

“So when Pruitt’s resignation was tweeted by President Trump on Thursday afternoon, there was relief among many EPA employees, according to Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a non-profit legal group that represents civil servants ...

From: The New Yorker “Pruitt’s head-scratching personal behavior as a boss overshadowed much more consequential actions, such as the reduction of criminal-enforcement actions against polluters; an investigation released last month by the nonprofit group Public Employees for ...

From: The News Star “The lawsuit led by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) with co-counsel Atchafalaya Basinkeeper said the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service used “false assumptions and shoddy science” to make its decision for removal. Restoring the ...

From: The Guardian “After months of scandals, investigations and public protest, Scott Pruitt has finally resigned as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. During his relatively short time in the role, he was accused of a litany of corrupt practices, illegal activities and ...

From: New York Times “The strange story of Rob Wielgus is a tale of what happened to one loud scientist who ran afoul of powerful forces. More broadly, it’s a parable of the American West in the 21st century and of how little we still can agree what it should look like. And it’s ...

From: KITV “A steady stream of negative headlines involving Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt in recent weeks and months has official Washington wondering whether the embattled agency chief can hold on to his job. Pruitt came to Washington already a ...

From: E&E News “Jeff Ruch, executive director of the nonprofit watchdog Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said Vela’s record suggests he won’t be a “change agent” for the Park Service. Despite all of the talk about the need to change the ...