House Dems Push Trump to Fill High-Level Interior Vacancies
From: The Hill
"Fifty-nine percent of key [Interior] positions have yet to be filled; fewer than half of those vacant even have a nominee awaiting Senate approval,” Rep. Raúl Grijalva…
News Clips
Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
Federal Managers who Try to Protect Public Lands Face Threats and Violence. Here’s What Makes That Much Worse.
From: The Washington Post
"Recently, the federal Bureau of Land Management fired a longtime employee, allegedly for blowing the whistle on the Trump administration’s refusal to enforce…
Number of Criminal Environmental Cases Referred to DOJ by Interior at Nearly 25-Year Low
From: The Hill
"The number of criminal environmental enforcement cases brought by the Interior Department has decreased by nearly 40 percent since 2016, according to internal data shared…
Ethics Group Goes After Interior for Sidestepping Senate When Filling Posts
From: The Hill
"An environmental group filed a complaint against the Department of the Interior on Tuesday, saying the agency shuffled controversial employees into roles without Senate…
Trump’s EPA Is Letting “Forever Chemicals” Into Our Food, Experts Say
From: Truth Out
"A growing chorus of environmental groups and public health experts are slamming the Trump administration for its milquetoast response to the widespread problem of per-…
Public Lands Critic to Oversee Fish, Wildlife and Parks
From: Environment News Service
"Putting Karen Budd-Falen in this position is like putting Genghis Khan in charge of a day care center,” said PEER Senior Counsel Peter Jenkins, pointing…
Trump's Insidious War on Climate and Science
From: Times Free Press
"George Luber is a national award winner for his work on climate change and health questions. He also is an internationally recognized epidemiologist, and until…
Whistleblower: BLM Ignores IIlegal Grazing After Bundy Fiasco
From: E&E News
"Hoover alleges that BLM's decision to fire him was "improper retaliation" for an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint he filed last year and for "disclosing…
Interior Department border deployments are mired in secrecy
From: High Country News
"On May 15, it was reported by The Hill that 47 Interior Department officers were currently assigned to the border — more than twice the previous number. This…
No Word From Feds on Tampa Sewage Spat
From: Tampa Bay Times
"Jerry Phillips, the attorney who prepared the complaint for the environmental group, said the group hasn’t given up, but it hasn’t heard a peep from the federal…