STATES MAY HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING UP FOR A SMALLER EPA
From: Buzzfeed
“According to data collected by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Florida only opened 297 environmental enforcement cases in 2015, an almost…
News Clips
Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES 'SHOCKED' BY REPORTED BUDGET CUTS
From: Government Executive
““The rise in extreme weather events across the country argues for increasing rather than stripping local forecasting capacity,” said PEER Executive Director…
GOP'ERS SAY THEY WANT TO PUNISH ALLEGED SEXUAL PREDATORS IN GOVERNMENT. RYAN ZINKE HAS A TEST CASE.
From: Washington Post
“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group that has called on the Park Service to dismiss several employees…
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
From: Telluride News
“Both sides believe they have strong scientific evidence, and moral imperatives, that prove why the studies are necessary or why they are not. In the pro-predator-control…
GUTTING EPA'S BUDGET AND STAFF WOULD ENDANGER THE HEALTH OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
From: Huffington Post
“Scott did much more than just “weaken” enforcement. He virtually eliminated it. In 2015, the Florida DEP opened 81 percent fewer enforcement cases than in 2010,…
DONALD TRUMP'S WAR ON SCIENCE
From: The Nation
““I have had people call me and ask me to download certain things…in case they get deleted, just to preserve things,” says Kyla Bennett, a former Environmental Protection…
EPA: TRUMP BUDGET CUTS DUBBED 'DECLARATION OF WAR'
From: Greenwire
“"To the extent that grants to states and utilities to administer delegated programs and upgrade water infrastructure are spared, cuts to the EPA workforce would be…
EPA UNION BOSSES CALL TRUMP'S BUDGET CUTS 'A DECLARATION OF WAR'
From: The Daily Caller
“The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is preparing to give legal assistance to EPA employees who get laid off under Trump."
THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE OROVILLE DAM CRISIS: THE CORPORATE MONEY BEHIND CA WATER POLITICS
From: Elk Grove News
“The investigation resulted from a complaint that the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed on the behalf of a U. S. Bureau of Reclamation…
NUMBER OF PANTHERS IN FLORIDA WILD RISES SLIGHTLY
From: The St. Augustine Record
“Last month, officials reported that 2016 was one of the deadliest years on record for panthers in the wild. A total of 42 Florida panthers died in the…