Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
From: Red Green and Blue
“Critics have blasted Interior for showing favoritism to the oil and gas industry during the 35-day government shutdown by calling some federal employees in…
From: Earth Island Journal
“Over the past several weeks national parks have been trashed, climate change research stalled, and crucial wildfire prevention work halted — all while oil…
From: Think Progress
“The use of entrance fees to keep national parks open, along with a sudden decision to bring back department employees to work on offshore drilling and related…
From: Salon
“Over the last two decades, according to the report, EPA civil penalties averaged more than $500 million a year (an average adjusted for inflation). The last fiscal year…
From: Mondaq
“Industry groups have met with EPA and have publicly expressed concerns that the updated risk assessment will be merely a "restructuring" of the original draft and will…
From: TruthOut
“Several moves by the Interior Department to bring back furloughed staff to attend to oil and gas activities aren’t sitting well with some elected officials. Arizona’s…
From: The Revelator
“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit that advocates for public employees who work on environmental issues,…
From: The Washington Post
“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental advocacy group, is calling on the Government Accountability Office to probe whether the…
From: Environment News Service
“Federal biological, pollution, and food safety monitoring has been suspended as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed and forbidden…
From: Kentucky Kernel
“The story reported that EPA referrals resulted in 62 federal convictions in the year 2018, making it the fewest convictions since 1995. Under Bill Clinton’s presidency…