News Clips

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


LAWSUIT FILED TO FORCE USFS TO DISCLOSE THE FATE OF PROMISED TIMBER REFORMS

From: SIT News

“One 2016 “Washington Office Activity Review” uncovered by PEER found that two large Tongass commercial timber sales each racked up big monetary losses. In addition,…

CHARGES DISMISSED IN HORSE DEATHS AT THREE-WAY

From: The Copper Era

“That case has now been dismissed following an assertion of federal sovereign immunity, according to watchdog group PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility).…

"ADOPT" A STORM DRAIN: CLEAN WATER STARTS HERE

From: NM Political Report

“Initial funding was provided by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the family-run Roros Foundation, and the Community Foundation of…

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION WILL HIT NEW MEXICO'S LANDSCAPES, COMMUNITIES

From: NM Political Report

“The BLM’s workforce has declined by one-fifth since 2010, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which notes that despite…

OCEANS: LAWMAKERS HEAR WHETHER MARINE SANCTUARIES SHOULD SINK OR SWIM

From: E & E News

“The natural resources director of Aleutians East Borough in Alaska, Ernest Weiss, brought up the proposal to create an Aleutian marine sanctuary. It was proposed by…

3 BLM STATE DIRECTORS REMOVED IN REORGANIZATION - SOURCES

From: E&E News

“Nedd sent an agencywide email to all staff June 16 acknowledging that the budget cuts, if implemented, "could mean 1,000 fewer full-time equivalent employees across…

PRESIDENT TRUMP LOOKS TO SLASH NEARLY 4,000 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT JOBS

From: New Hampshire Public Radio

“BLM, even though it's one of the most thinly staffed agencies in federal service, is also central to the Trump plans to increase energy production…

OCEANS: LAWMAKERS TO REVIEW MARINE SANCTUARIES

From: E & E News

“NOAA determined that the nomination, led by the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, was "not sufficient". The hearing comes as the Trump administration…

TWO HORSES AND MULE DIE OF DEHYDRATION IN AZ APACHE-SITGREAVES FOREST

From: Sonoran News

“An attempt to criminally prosecute U.S. Forest Service employees for acts of cruelty to animals resulting in the death of two horses and a mule has been dropped,…

DO WI-FI AND CELL SERVICE BELONG IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS?

From: Motherboard Vice

“"Pursuit of bigger bandwidth puts Yellowstone on a never-ending cellular treadmill. Yellowstone's custodians are doing more to service smartphones than to fix…