News Clips
Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
From: Sentinel & Enterprise
"“We are surprised and concerned. It may send a message that militias can take free shots at federal employee without fear of consequences,” said Jeff Ruch,…
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Oct 29, 2016
| Tags: Oregon, Utah, Violence vs. Employees
From: Craig Medred
"Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) this week charged that the wildlife in Alaska’s iconic Denali National Park and Preserve is being decimated…
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Oct 28, 2016
| Tags: Alaska, Wildlife Slaughter
From: The Kansas City Star
"“The U.S. attorney’s lengthy squatting on this case precludes pursuit of civil or administrative remedies,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public…
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Oct 28, 2016
| Tags: DOL, Kansas, OSHA
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…
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Oct 27, 2016
| Tags: EPA
From: The Intercept
"Jeff Ruch, head of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, waved away all the excuses. “If the White House valued enforcement it would happen,” he said."
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Oct 27, 2016
| Tags: EPA, Whistleblower
From: Daily Kos
"The audits have spurred calls by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and other groups to hold individual Reclamation officials accountable and…
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Oct 26, 2016
| Tags: California, DOI
From: Inside EPA
"Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), one of the 63 signatories to the comment letter, has repeatedly raised concerns that the proposed drinking…
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Oct 25, 2016
| Tags: EPA
From: Greenwire
"Of those 110 radionuclides, EPA gave thresholds for only three: cesium-137, strontium-90 and iodine-131, said the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility,…
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Oct 25, 2016
| Tags: EPA
From: Chicago Tribune
"Dunes Action, a grass roots effort that opposes selling liquor at the state park and plans for the banquet center, will continue to question the decision about…
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Oct 25, 2016
| Tags: Indiana, NPS
From: Counterpunch
"The misspending is a revealed in a new audit report that confirms charges leveled last year by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). In a…
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Oct 25, 2016
| Tags: California, DOI