News Clips

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


NATIONAL MONUMENTS: ANGRY GREENS PROMISE LAWSUITS IF TRUMP ACTS ON ZINKE MEMO

From: Climatewire

“In his 19-page memorandum, a copy of which was provided to E&E News by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Zinke also slammed nongovernmental organizations…

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: ZINKE RECOMMENDS SHRINKING AS MANY AS 6 SITES

From: Greenwire

“Although the order requested a final report by late August, Interior officials declined to release Zinke's recommendations last month, asserting that the memorandum…

NOMINATIONS: PRUITT'S NEW LEGAL ALLY IN CLIMATE RULE APPEAL

From: Climatewire

“Jerry Phillips, a former enforcement attorney at Florida DEP and director of Florida Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), has been tracking Scott's…

STATE OF ALASKA RENEWS EFFORT TO SEARCH FOR OIL IN THE ARCTIC REFUGE

From: The Wilderness Society

“Joining the Trump administration’s assault on federal lands across America, the state of Alaska is preparing to renew efforts to explore for oil on the…

PLANS TO REDUCE NUMBER OF GRAND CANYON BISON ADVANCE ON TWO FRONTS

From: Cronkite News

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said then that the plan would turn the Grand Canyon “into a game farm managed…

EPA: DEMS WORRY ENFORCEMENT PICK HAS ALREADY STARTED WORK

From: Greenwire

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility late last month voiced similar concerns after EPA officials indicated that Bodine would start at the agency on Sept.…

CO AND CARS: UNFINISHED BUSINESS

From: Safety Research & Strategies

“The most recent petition was filed in March 2016 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Like its predecessors, PEER requested that…

CAHNRS CONFLICTS UNDERMINING ACADEMIC FREEDOM, FACULTY SAY

From: The Daily Evergreen

“Many cases throughout the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resources Sciences echo the concerns of professor Robert Wielgus, who filed ethics complaints…

AS HURRICANES STRIKE, EPA STAFFING NEARS A 30 YEAR LOW

From: Bill Moyers & Company

“Mr. Pruitt hasn’t laid out any plan for how to reshape the agency or its priorities, making it more difficult to improve its performance with fewer resources,…

WHY DID THE FED INTERIOR DEPARTMENT MISUSE $84 MILLION FOR CALIFORNIA DELTA TUNNELS PLANNING?

From: Red Green And Blue

“The release of the final audit follows over a year of federal investigation requested by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), who filed…