From: The Hill “In a memo Monday to officials in the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and other agencies involved in wildlife management, Zinke asked staff to find instances where policies for wildlife on federal land are more restrictive than rules for the states they’re in, and to ...

From: Women Whistleblowers “When nothing changed, in 2006 Jenkins sent a 60-page memo to the EPA Inspector General detailing the chemical composition of the dust. In addition to rehashing previous allegations, she offered up proof of criminal fraud. Again she shared this information with ...

From: The Hill “The group released a 34-page list of recommendations for Pruitt in July 2017, including to create a special list of Superfund sites to get the highest attention from EPA leadership. But the task force was very secretive, releasing little about its internal operations. In ...

From: WKAR – Michigan State University “Over 4,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline assessed by the Environmental Protection Agency have been deemed impaired. A new EPA report found miles of Great Lakes shoreline and open water are contaminated by PCBs, dioxin, mercury, and ...

From: Investigate West “On Utah’s Northern Ute reservation, as of 2014 there were at least 162[6] wells that hadn’t produced oil and gas for at least 10 years,[7] according to an InvestigateWest analysis of data obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility under the ...

From: National Parks Traveler “PEER’s release opposing Grand Teton Superintendent Vela’s nomination to be the next Park Service director comes as the organization is concluding a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit it filed against Grand Teton for withholding information on ...

From: Jackson Hole News & Guide “But there was a pause in the applause this week, when a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog organization that represents federal whistleblowers sent word of its staunch disapproval.“Every time we’ve encountered him, he seems to be gaming the system to ...

From: Government Executive “PEER criticized Vela’s “penchant for secrecy, instances of gaming the system to the detriment of park resources, and an apparent allergy to long-term planning required by law. PEER’s direct experience with Mr. Vela gives us great pause about endorsing ...

From: Chesterton Tribune “Of particular moment: the May 15 letter from the National Park Service (NPS) to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) regarding unapproved changes in Pavilion Partners LLC’s plans for the Pavilion at Indiana Dunes State Park beach. PEER has ...

From: News Herald “The state has cut back on monitoring and reduced enforcement to a trickle. According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, before 2010 the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) had about 1500 enforcement cases per year. By 2013 that number had ...

From: Bay View “That March 30, 2018 EPA report was copied to Amy Brownell of the San Francisco Department of Public Health who is quoted in the May 30, 2018 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, “We can say definitively there are no public safety concerns or health concerns out there ...

From: Mother Jones ““Some component of the population here derives great ego gratification out of killing wolves and bears,” says Rick Steiner, a retired University of Alaska professor and board member at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an advocacy group. “There ...

From: Montana Standard “The National Bison Range (NBR) in Moiese is in the midst of a management and budgetary upheaval that creates a grave problem for its short- and long-term viability. Founded in 1908 the NBR, often called the “Crown Jewel of the refuge system,” is ...

From: Miami Herald “Most of the suspected or confirmed Red Tide victims were found dead in Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties, but one recently turned up floating in Terra Ceia Bay in Manatee County. “We find that the primary route is through ingestion of seagrass that has the toxins ...

From: SF Weekly “Earlier this year, the EPA determined that as much as 97 percent of the data produced by Tetra Tech, the Navy contractor spearheading the former shipyard’s toxic cleanup for more than a decade, may have been falsified or manipulated. In May, two former Tetra Tech ...

From: Florida Sportsman “Scott began to dismantle the programs, standards and agencies whose purpose was to monitor and improve Florida’s water quality in its watersheds, rivers and Lake O, all of which flow into our oceans. Since 2011, when Scott got into office, the critical measures ...

From: Tampa Bay Times “Numbers like these also have to be taken into context with the possibly increasing size of the manatee population and local abundance variations from year to year,” she explained. “If more manatees hang out in more urban areas, one can assume that more ...

From: KSAT “If manatee deaths continue at this rate for the rest of the year, 10% of the manatee population will perish, the PEER report said. “Florida’s manatees have no defense against this ecological disaster,” PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch said in a statement. ...

From: The Bulletin “As of Aug. 18, the most recent date for the running total, the Red Tide bloom had been verified as the cause of death for 29 manatees, and was suspected of killing another 74. That makes a total of 103 that appear to have fallen prey to the lingering toxic algae. Most ...

From: The Independent “We expect the red tide-related manatee death toll to rise,” Jeff Ruch, executive director for NGO Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told AP. “We suspect there are a number of carcasses that have not been reported yet.” Figures from the ...