Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
From: Greenwire
“In the exit memo, released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Southerland said EPA had often been "the guiding light to make the 'right thing' happen…
From: The Hill
“Elizabeth "Betsy" Southerland ended her 30-year run at the agency with a scathing exit letter in which she claimed that “the environmental field is suffering from the…
From: Think Progress
“In her farewell letter, posted publicly by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Southerland singles out several Trump-era regulatory rollbacks,…
From: Washington Post
“In a statement planned for release Tuesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and during email and phone interviews with The Washington…
From: Nature
“Pruitt will have to be careful how he handles both documents, says Kyla Bennett, a former EPA ecologist who now works for the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental…
From: National Parks Traveler
“last week Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said that a superintendent of De Soto National Memorial who had admitted inappropriate behavior…
From: WSB TV Atlanta
“"The park service still doesn't get it," said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. "Generally, the high-level managers…
From: Yellowstone Insider
“A representative of a group that advocates for federal employees said such problems remain entrenched — notwithstanding the planned actions at Yellowstone…
From: Bradenton Herald
““The park service still doesn’t get it,” executive director Jeff Ruch said. “Generally, the high-level managers and supervisors escape responsibility and (the…
From: Los Alamos Daily Post
““Not only are there fewer staff in many of these central offices, but the number of parks and refuges they support and the complexity of the management…