News Clips

Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.


FEDERAL WORKERS TURN TO ENCRYPTION TO THWART TRUMP

From: Politico

"Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said EPA employees are in perhaps the “deepest pit of despair” among his group’s…

YELLOWSTONE, GLACIER ALTERNATE TWITTER ACCOUNTS POP UP

From: Missoulian

"This whole dimension of communication didn’t exist before and hadn’t been controversial because it was used as a means to amplify talking points,” said Jeff Ruch,…

WHAT WILL BECOME OF FEDERAL PUBLIC LANDS UNDER TRUMP?

From: The New Yorker

"A recent survey from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility showed that staffers at the Bureau of Land Management, where oil and gas exploration primarily…

FED HIRING FREEZE HITS WESTERN LAND AGENCIES

From: The Journal

"A recent survey from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility showed that staffers at the Bureau of Land Management, where oil and gas exploration primarily…

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TO TRUMP: CENSORING SCIENCE WILL END WITH LEAKS

From: Huffington Post

"“Simply put, administration attempts to manipulate science to fit its official talking points will inescapably fail, automatically be leaked and subject your…

SHRINKING EPA CONCERNS LANDSCAPERS DEALING WITH AGENCY

From: Total Landscape Care

"“At PEER, we are reviewing reduction-in-force and other rules governing the fate of employees squeezed out by tightened purse strings,” said Jeff Ruch, PEER’s…

YELLOWSTONE PROPOSES UPGRADING CELLULAR COVERAGE

From: Greenwire

"Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has long fought wireless coverage expansion in national parks. Jeff Ruch, the group's executive director, said the…

YATES FIRING SEEN HAVING 'CHILLING EFFECT' ON WORKFORCE

From: Greenwire

""There will be leaks and protests and other kinds of things," Ruch said. "Nothing will go smoothly.""

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WITH TRUMP, TWITTER TRANSITION STIRS CONFUSION

From: The Hill

"“Now you have the Twitter president at war with his own employees on a social media battleground. That’s weird,” said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees…

YELLOWSTONE CONSIDERS CELLPHONE SERVICE UPGRADE

From: Billings Gazette

"PEER executive director Jeff Ruch called the proposal a benefit to the wireless companies at the expense of the vacationing public seeking to leave behind the…