Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
From: Common Dreams
“Amid the chaos of the ongoing government shutdown and winter holidays, critics on Monday are calling out the Trump administration for quietly moving to make it…
From: CBS 4 Miami
“As 2018 comes to a close, it’s been a bad year of Florida’s manatee population with the second highest number of deaths ever recorded. According to preliminary figures…
From: Alaska Public Media
“If I were a wolf or a bear in Alaska right now, I would be headed for the Canadian border, ASAP,” said Rick Steiner, an environmental advocate and former…
From: The Guardian
“Overall, though, Ruch said the department’s efforts to alter its Foia policies will “increase the burden on requestors and create a lot more confusion”. “This appears…
From: Clark Fork Valley Press
“Federal wildlife officials have agreed to prepare a conservation plan for Montana’s National Bison Range as part of a settlement in a lawsuit brought…
From: The Litchfield County Times
“A group of U.S. Forest Service professionals started this remarkable group, which has since spread to civil servants in other federal agencies such…
From: KFSK
“In early November Petersburg’s borough assembly voted to send a letter to the chief of the U.S. Forest Service asking for information on Tongass National Forest timber sales.…
From: The New York Times
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly folded its Climate and Health Program into a branch that studies asthma and expunged the word climate…
From: The Nation
“Now that the Trump administration’s performance at the COP 24 meeting in Poland has thoroughly trampled over climate-change protections, Trump is moving on from promoting…
From: San Francisco Chronicle
“Beyond the home area, the situation is even more fluid. The Navy has laid out its plan to retest the shipyard, but the EPA and other agencies have said…