SCIENTISTS BRACING FOR BATTLES WITH TRUMP OVER CLIMATE CHANGE
From: Yahoo News
""We asked some environmental employees and one said, 'We're in the clown car to crazy town,'" said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of the group Public Employees…
News Clips
Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
THE BIG FREEZE: WHAT TRUMP'S HIRING SUSPENSION MEANS FOR PUBLIC LANDS
From: Men's Journal
"According to a PEER survey, the BLM, part of the Department of Interior, cannot even keep pace with its current permit responsibilities."
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SNARKY TWITTER ACTIVISTS, FEARFUL FEDS WAGE WAR ON TRUMP
From: Greenwire
"Feeling under fire from the new administration, federal workers, greens and former Obama officials are mounting their opposition movement using social media, leaks…
TRUMP'S HIRING FREEZE WILL DEVASTATE OUR NATIONAL PARKS
From: Motherboard
"“The Parks Service workforce is lower than it’s been in 20 years, but every measure of workload is significantly higher than it’s been in years,” Jeff Ruch, executive…
CAN TRUMP EVEN BUILD THE DAPL DURING A HIRING FREEZE?
From: Motherboard
"“A central plank of Trump’s energy plan is expanding energy from federal lands. But agencies that manage these lands are shrinking even as workloads expand. There…
FEDERAL HIRING FREEZE COULD AFFECT HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN NEW MEXICO
From: Santa Fe New Mexican
"“This freeze means that the thin green line protecting America’s natural resources will get thinner and, in some places, it will snap,” Jeff Ruch, director…
FEDERAL HIRING FREEZE HITS WESTERN LAND AGENCIES
From: High Country News
" A recent survey from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility showed that staffers at the Bureau of Land Management, where oil and gas exploration…
SCIENTISTS ARE TAKING THEIR FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP'S CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL TO THE STREETS OF DC
From: Fusion
"“From what we can tell, the cloud of Mordor is descending across the federal service,” Jeff Ruch, executive director for the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility"
TRUMP'S SILENCING OF SCIENCE AGENCIES RESEMBLES 'HOSTILE TAKEOVER'
From: Vocativ
"“This is a much more intense disruption of federal services that has all the earmarks of a hostile takeover,” said Jeff Ruch, the longtime director of Public Employees…
PRESIDENT TRUMP SILENCES FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
From: Environment News Service
"“Many voted for Trump in hopes he would bring business acumen to this very big job,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director with the nonprofit Public Employees…