GOV. RICK SCOTT: A LAME DUCK WITH A LASER FOCUS ON JOBS
From: Tallahassee Democrat
"Easing up on regulations has been another feature of Scott’s pitch to businesses considering a move to Florida. A 2015 report by the Public Employees for…
News Clips
Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
QUALIFICATIONS OF INTERIOR CANDIDATES PALIN, GILLAM QUESTIONED
From: The Cordova Times
"“Elevating Sarah Palin’s abysmal record on the environment to a national level would be an unmitigated disaster,” said Rick Steiner, a retired University of…
THE 'THIN GREEN LINE' COULD USE SOME HELP
From: The Crime Report
"According to PEER, (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) there were 34 incidents involving attacks on US park rangers in 1995. By 2005 the number…
REMINDERS WHY PALIN WOULD BE TERRIBLE INTERIOR SECRETARY
From: SIT News
"With Sarah Palin’s name being floated as a potential Secretary of the Interior in President-Elect Donald Trump's administration, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility…
CELL PHONE TOWER ISSUE AT THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK RAISES QUESTION OF CONNECTIVITY IN NATIONAL PARKS
From: National Parks Traveler
"...the use of cell phones in wilderness also is controversial, as Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility reminds us with their challenge to…
PEER VOWS TO SUPPORT FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF WHO STYMIE TRUMP
From: Inside EPA
"“The surprising election of Donald J. Trump as President puts federal employees working to administer and enforce environmental and public health protections squarely…
PARK SERVICE MYOPIC DRIVE FOR POLITICALLY CORRECT SCIENCE
From: Sonoran News
"The National Park Service has unveiled a comprehensive stewardship guide full of lofty terms, crammed into a mish-mash of confusing and clashing precepts, according…
NATIONAL PARKS: LAWMAKERS WANT TO RUN OUT CLOCK ON CLIMATE-FOCUSED ORDER
From: E & E News
""This is a steaming pile of politically correct jargon formulated to give any rational reader an ice-cream headache," PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch said earlier…
A CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD 'GAME OF THRONES' POWER STRUGGLE
From: MSDS Online
"The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) charged that “Republican members of Congress are pushing an open-ended probe as part of an…
GREENS SAY EPA HIDING DISASTER PLAN DATA
From: Courthouse News Service
"In a complaint filed in the D.C. District Court on Oct. 24, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says it filed a Freedom of Information Act…