"Shrinking EPA Workforce Has Already Reached Reagan-Era Levels"
"Retirements and departures from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have shrunk its workforce to levels not seen since the Reagan administration."
Source: AP, 01/12/2018
Government
Zinke Plans To Move Tens Of Thousands Of Workers In Huge Reorganization
"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke launched an unprecedented effort Wednesday to undertake the largest reorganization in the department’s 168-year history, moving to shift tens of thousands of workers to new locations and change the way the federal government manages more than 500 million acres of land and water across the country."
Source: Washington Post, 01/11/2018
"EPA: IG To Audit Pruitt's Hiring"
"U.S. EPA's internal watchdog plans to review Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of a special hiring authority to fill top political jobs at the agency."
Source: Greenwire, 01/10/2018
2018 Elections Could Be Game-Changer for Environment, Energy
The 2018 elections may prove highly consequential for environment and energy policy, possibly slowing or even reversing the Trump-GOP deregulatory agenda. The latest Issue Backgrounder helps reporters frame the choices voters face, including environmental justice and offshore drilling.
SEJ Publication Types:
Topics on the Beat:
Region:
Visibility:
"National Parks: New Year Brings Buyouts For NPS Workers"
"Seeking to cut its workforce in the new year, the National Park Service is offering its employees voluntary buyout packages as an incentive to get some of them to retire early."
Source: Greenwire, 01/04/2018
Energy Remains Big Issue for Public Lands Management
Long-standing disputes over exploitation of public lands bubble over as the Trump administration advances campaign promises to ease restrictions on energy development. A special TipSheet, part of our 2018 Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment, has resources for covering public lands-related issues as they play out in the coming year.
SEJ Publication Types:
Topics on the Beat:
Region:
Visibility:
"Government Scientists Blocked From The Biggest Meeting In Their Field"
"Hundreds of U.S. Geological Survey scientists were missing from the biggest conference in their field this month."
Source: Washington Post, 01/02/2018
Banned From Banking Industry for Life, Pruitt Pal Finds Home at EPA
"The Environmental Protection Agency has tasked a banker who was banned from the banking industry for life with oversight of the nation’s Superfund program."
Source: The Intercept, 12/29/2017
"Greens Launch Ads Against Trump Environmental Pick"
"The Sierra Club is running a Facebook advertising campaign to oppose Kathleen Hartnett White, President Trump’s nominee for a top environmental policy position."
Source: The Hill, 12/22/2017
EPA Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves
"More than 700 people have left the Environmental Protection Agency since President Trump took office, a wave of departures that puts the administration nearly a quarter of the way toward its goal of shrinking the agency to levels last seen during the Reagan administration."
Source: NY Times, 12/22/2017
Pages
