Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
From: Daily Kos
“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) disagrees with Zinke’s rosy assessment of Bernhardt’s “extensive experience” serving as a key aide to Secretary…
From: Greenwire
“"I am writing you on behalf of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to express our opposition to the nomination of David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary,…
From: Federal Times
““The U.S. Park Police are at a low ebb while facing a rising tide,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch in a press release. “In recent years, this force has…
From: Los Alamos Monitor
“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility last week said the National Park Service is downplaying the threat of interactions between wildlife and participants…
From: Greenwire
“...the agency also struggles with a $12 billion maintenance backlog, and many parks are operating without a full staff. The number of law enforcement rangers has also…
From: National Parks Traveler
“The issue of a signal bleed was raised last fall by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which worried that Verizon's signal from the tower…
From: Inside EPA
““EPA is an aging agency,” says Kyla Bennett, the New England director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and a former EPA staffer. “Just by…
From: Greenwire
“"We will defend any EPA employee who gets in trouble for expressing their views, but that's not a good position for anyone to be in," Ruch said."
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From: Sonoran News
“The number of rangers protecting our national parks and their visitors is steadily shrinking even as new parks are added and the number of park visitors balloons…
From: Santa Fe New Mexican
“Jeff Ruch, executive director of the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the idea of moving BLM’s headquarters “seems…