News Clips

Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.


MEDIA FALSELY REPORTS TRUMP'S EPA IS 'WEAKENING RADIATION SAFETY LEVELS'

From: The Daily Caller

“The story suggested the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was quietly “weakening radiation safety levels.” Bloomberg’s report was based on documents…

SCOTT PRUITT'S EPA SAYS MAYBE MORE RADIATION EXPOSURE WOULDN'T BE SO HARMFUL

From: Gizmodo

“Environmental protection non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility published a document on their website comparing the two guidelines, saying previous…

EPA SAYS HIGHER RADIATION LEVELS POSE 'NO HARMFUL HEALTH EFFECT'

From: Bloomberg

“Even with those lower standards, the EPA had never before said that any level of radiation exposure is safe, according to Jeff Ruch, executive director of the Public…

BURDENED BY AUSTERITY, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BREAKS THE LAW

From: New York Times

“"The summit of Mt. Washburn has been the biggest destination for hikers and now it's going to be like hiking to a telecommunications bunker," PEER head Jeff Ruch…

YELLOWSTONE OFFICIALS SAY ADDING ANTENNAE TO MOUNT WASHBURN FIRE LOOKOUT WOULD HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACT

From: Yellowstone Insider

“The determination that the Mt. Washburn proposal would have an “adverse” visual effect was included in a letter from Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk to…

INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE VOWS TO END CULTURE OF HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION IN NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

From: Los Angeles Times

““This is the fourth declaration of zero tolerance of sexual harassment we’ve heard from the Interior Department in the past three years alone,” Jeff Ruch, executive…

WIRELESS UPGRADE WOULD GIVE YELLOWSTONE A BLACK EYE: ENVIRONMENTALISTS

From: New York Times

“"The summit of Mt. Washburn has been the biggest destination for hikers and now it's going to be like hiking to a telecommunications bunker," PEER head Jeff Ruch…

TO SWAY SCOTT PRUITT, EPA OFFICIALS MUST "HOPE AGAINST HOPE", SAYS FORMER INSIDER

From: PBS Frontline

“Kyla Bennett, a former EPA employee and the New England director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an organization representing government employees…

YELLOWSTONE LOOKOUT PROJECT WOULD HURT VIEWS AT MOUNT WASHBURN

From: Casper Star Tribune

“The determination that the Mt. Washburn proposal would have an “adverse” visual effect was included in a letter from Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk to…

YELLOWSTONE LOOKOUT PROJECT WOULD HURT VIEWS AT MT. WASHBURN

From: San Francisco Chronicle

“The finding that the project would have an "adverse effect" was included in a letter from Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk obtained by Public Employees…