Can an Uneasy Truce Hold Off Another Water Rebellion on California’s Northern Border?
From: Sacramento Bee “The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation oversees water deliveries but said it would defer to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service if farmers violate the judge’s order. However, a spokeswoman for Fish and Wildlife said her agency’s officers wouldn’t stop ...
Petersburg Assembly Split on Timber Sale Letter
From: KFSK “Petersburg’s assembly on a split vote Monday decided not to send a letter to U.S. Forest Service officials with questions about Tongass timber sales. The letter was drafted to forest supervisor Earl Stewart and asked for specific changes that have been made to the ...
Gensel appoints special prosecutor to review Pavilion project allegations
From: Chesterton Tribune “A special prosecutor will investigate allegations that the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Pavilion Partners LLC dodged state law in advance of renovations to the 90-year-old Pavilion at Indiana Dunes State Park.” Read more . . . Read the ...
Scott Pruitt’s Embattled Science “Transparency” Rule Does Not Apply to Pesticides
From: Truth Out “The rule would not apply to pesticide companies seeking to register new chemicals, extend federal registrations for pesticides already on the market, change a warning label, or establish a product’s effectiveness, according to joint analysis by Public Employees ...
Yellowstone Superintendent Not Leaving Position For Now
From: Yellowstone Insider “Representatives from the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility lamented the possible shift, saying that losing Wenk would be losing an invaluable advocate for wildlife and environmental issues in the park.” ...
Pesticide Safety Data Transparency a Blind Spot Under EPA Policy
From: Beyond Pesticides “Pruitt’s plan does not enable the public to have any meaningful information about ‘environmental health risk or safety risk’ as he claims,” stated PEER General Counsel Paula Dinerstein. “Under a false flag of scientific transparency, Pruitt’s ...
Firm accused of falsifying Hunters Point Naval Shipyard cleanup data says $27 billion suit is ‘without merit’
From: Napa Valley Register “A firm accused in a lawsuit filed Tuesday of putting the lives of residents in San Francisco’s Bayview and Hunters Points neighborhoods at risk by allegedly falsifying radiation cleanup data says the suit is baseless.” Read more . . . Read the PEER ...
Former Tetra Tech Workers Sentenced for Falsifying Records in Hunters Point Radiation Cleanup
From: NBC Bay Area “Two former radiation control technician supervisors for Tetra Tech, the company hired to clean up radiation at the Hunters Point Shipyard in San Francisco, have been sentenced to eight months in prison for falsifying records.” Read more . . . Read the PEER ...
Tetra Tech issues contradictory statements in response to Shipyard false cleanup suit
From: Fox KTVU “We believe the lawsuit is factually incorrect and without merit. Tetra Tech stands by this work at Hunters Point. Our work was done properly and to the standard required by the U.S. Navy,” Tetra Tech said in a statement.” Read more . . . Read the PEER ...
Fed plan could send Wenk off
From: Jackson Hole News & Guide “The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility contends there’s reason to believe parts of the “stealth makeover” are political. One of the executives being reassigned, Alaska Regional Director Bert Frost, is the ...
Dunes Action applauds naming special prosecutor in pavilion complaint
From: Chicago Tribune “special prosecutor has been appointed to review whether unauthorized construction activities have taken place at the pavilion at Indiana Dunes State Park, as suggested by Dunes Action, a local grassroots group that has raised concerns about plans there.” ...
White House Produces No Evidence It Considered Public Input on Reorganizing Government
From: Government Executive “How could they not locate 100,000 comments?” Ruch said. “The White House call for public involvement in reforming government seems to have been merely a cynical stunt.” An OMB official did not comment on why the agency could not produce documents. &# ...
Bayview Residents Seek a Whopping $27 Billion For Navy’s Mess
From: SF Weekly “Last month, a watchdog group in Washington D.C., Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, revealed that the EPA suspected the fraud was further-reaching than initially thought. The document dump unleashed a torrent of fury and desperate questions regarding ...
BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT RESIDENTS SUE U.S. NAVY CONTRACTOR OVER DATA FALSIFICATION
From: San Francisco Examiner “For more than a decade, Bayview community activists have called on local and state leaders to address environmental and health concerns impacting a largely African American population living near the contaminated former naval base. The shipyard was the ...
RUMORED NPS PERSONNEL MOVES REMINISCENT OF PAST ATTEMPTS TO EXERT POLITICAL WILL ON AGENCY
From: National Parks Traveler “President Trump reportedly favors chaos as a managerial tool, and proposed personnel changes at the National Park Service not only would insert that element into the agency’s upper echelon, but also be reminiscent of past efforts to gain political ...
YELLOWSTONE SUPERINTENDENT COULD BE REASSIGNED UNDER INTERIOR PROPOSAL
From: Yellowstone Insider “According to the Chronicle, the proposed reassignment comes as a surprise to organizations like the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. It also follows controversy over the reassignment of other Interior ...
POTENTIAL PARKS SHAKEUP WOULD MOVE YELLOWSTONE SUPERINTENDENT
From: Bozeman Daily Chronicle “Jeff Ruch said PEER believes acting National Park Service Director Danny Smith called the six people involved and informed them of the impending transfers. Ruch added that the employees must either accept such transfers or be removed from federal ...
PROPOSED SHAKE-UP AT NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COULD MAKE SENIOR LEADERS HIT THE ROAD
From: The Washington Post “These multiple moves resemble a purge and have no apparent management motivation other than to marginalize and disrupt,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a frequent critic of the Interior ...
OFFICIALS CALL FOR INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED RADIOACTIVE SOIL AT PITTSBURG LANDFILL
From: East Bay Times “The report uses terms you don’t usually see in bureaucratic transmissions — falsification, fraudulence — very strong language,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility group, which obtained the EPA ...
SUPE CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AT KELLER CANYON LANDFILL
From: SF Gate “Contra Costa County Supervisor Federal Glover is calling for an investigation of allegations that radioactive materials from San Francisco might have been deposited at Keller Canyon Landfill, Glover said Thursday.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
