News Clips
Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
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,…
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Jul 01, 2017
| Tags: Alaska, FS, USDA
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).…
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Jun 29, 2017
| Tags: Arizona, FS
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…
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Jun 28, 2017
| Tags: Tennessee, Wetlands
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…
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Jun 28, 2017
| Tags: BLM, DOI, Trump
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…
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Jun 28, 2017
| Tags: Alaska, Offshore Drilling
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…
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Jun 27, 2017
| Tags: BLM, DOI, Trump
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…
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Jun 27, 2017
| Tags: BLM, DOI, Trump
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…
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Jun 26, 2017
| Tags: Alaska, Offshore Drilling
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,…
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Jun 26, 2017
| Tags: Arizona, FS
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…
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Jun 23, 2017
| Tags: Cell Tower Invasion, NPS, Wyoming