Letter From the Heartland Institute to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
From: The Heartland Institute “The day after that interview, a group called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding “EPA documents that support the conclusion that human activity is not the largest factor ...
Yellowstone Superintendent Retires Rather Than Accept Reassignment to D.C.
From: Boisie State Public Radio “‘I’m 66 years old,’ he said. ‘I did not see that I had that kind of energy that I could commit to three to five years and so I made the decision to retire.’ Wenk is one of many senior leaders at the Park Service targeted for ...
Forced Out Of Yellowstone
From: Mountain Journal “Against his will, in violation of an informal “gentleman’s agreement,” and amid public outrage, Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk has received notification from the U.S. Interior Department informing him that he is being forcibly re- ...
Leaving Room for Trump’s Signature, Coal Baron Provided Drafts of Pro-Industry Executive Orders
From: Common Dreams “Reports of coal executive Bob Murray’s suggestions for pro-fossil fuel executive orders in early 2017 raised further concerns on Thursday regarding his industry’s power over the Trump administration. The biggest concern, tweeted Public Employees for ...
Scott Pruitt Has Until July 11 to Explain His Climate Skepticism, Judge Rules
From: Motherboard “After Pruitt ignored an FOIA request for studies supporting his view that humans are not the primary contributor to climate change, environmental advocates turned to the courts.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
Court Slams Pruitt’s Claim On CO2 Link To Warming, Orders Data Release
From: Inside EPA “A federal district court judge is rejecting EPA’s refusal to provide documents showing the basis of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s claim that human-released carbon dioxide is not the “primary contributor” to climate change, and is instead ordering the ...
Judge Orders EPA to Disclose any Science Backing up Pruitt’s Climate Claims
From: Ars Technica “Since Pruitt’s words contradicted scientific evidence shared by the EPA before the administrator took office, PEER’s request might turn up some recent document that indicated Pruitt had new information. Instead, the EPA stalled and refused to provide any ...
Judge Orders EPA to Produce Science behind Pruitt’s Warming Claims
From: Scientific American “A court case may compel him to produce research that attempts to contradict the mountain of peer-reviewed studies collected by the world’s top science agencies over decades that show humans are warming the planet at an unprecedented pace through the ...
EPA Ordered to Produce Records Backing Pruitt Claims
From: E&E News “Although more than one year has elapsed since the plaintiffs submitted the FOIA request, EPA has conducted no search for any responsive records, not produced any records to the plaintiff,” Howell wrote.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
EPA Chief Loses a Round in Court on Release of Climate Change Studies
From: Government Executive “A federal judge on Friday scolded Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt for failing to respond to a nonprofit’s Freedom of Information Act request for climate change studies Pruitt claimed bolstered his skeptical views.” Read ...
Pruitt Ordered to Show Alternate Climate Facts
From: Washington Examiner “The court order was in response to a lawsuit by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The group’s FOIA request that initiated the suit was based on Pruitt’s March 9, 2017, interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” where Pruitt stated, “ ...
Hunters Point Shipyard Soil Scandal Widens as Analysis Spots Suspect Parcels
From: San Francisco Chronicle “Land deemed free of harmful radioactivity and safe for the city to occupy has now come under question as the scandal over the purported cleanup of San Francisco’s biggest redevelopment site continues to grow. On four portions of the former Hunters ...
Judge Brings EPA to Fore on Climate Change Position
From: Courthouse News “The environmental nonprofit sought the records because Pruitt’s statement directly contradicts the EPA’s own conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels is the primary human activity driving climate change. But more than a year later, the EPA has still not ...
Workers Ask EPA To Enforce St. Johns River Discharge Limits
From: Law360 “A group representing public environmental workers asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday to enforce wastewater discharge permit limits for the St. Johns River in northeast Florida, saying the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s “chronic ...
Die-off of Freshwater Turtles Prompts Florida Wildlife Agency to Investigate
From: Tampa Bay Times “Freshwater turtles began turning up dead along the St. Johns River in January. Now about 100 dead or dying turtles have been found in water bodies in Orange, Seminole and Putnam counties.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
Watchdog Targets Pruitt’s Legal Defense Fund
From: E&E News “Given that this high-level official is directly soliciting funds for his purported personal benefit, Mr. Pruitt needs to do far more than he is currently doing to avoid giving the inevitable appearance that official integrity and impartiality may be at risk,” ...
Group Files Ethics Complaint Over Pruitt’s Legal Defense Fund
From: The Hill “The group alleges that Pruitt’s fund, developed to help him pay for legal representation through numerous ethics and spending scandals, violates rules against accepting gifts from parties a federal employee regulates, engaging in action that could result in “ ...
EXCLUSIVE: Obama Holdovers ‘Working Toward A Union Takeover’ Of US Chemical Agency
From: The Daily Caller “CSB board members are expected to vote an Obama administration appointee as “interim executive” to take over for outgoing CSB chairwoman Vanessa Sutherland, said sources, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity. Sutherland announced her ...
Wastewater Plants Need EPA Oversight, Group Argues
From: The Florida Times-Union “State officials repeatedly downplayed violations of pollution permits at Northeast Florida wastewater treatment plants that affect the St. Johns River, a whistle-blower group is telling the federal government. Public Employees for Environmental ...
Sorry to See Wolf Guy Go … Not
From: Sunnyside Daily Sun “The settlement came about after the professor enlisted the help of the Silver Spring, Md.-based political action group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in bringing both the lawsuit and the complaint against Joel. Don’t know about you, but ...
