EPA, CLEAN ENERGY SPARED TRUMP'S AX $1.1 TRILLION BUDGET DEAL
From: Bloomberg
“"Rather than being honest and direct about the political shift that has taken place, Interior and other federal agencies are deploying insubstantial pablum," Jeff Ruch,…
News Clips
Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP WARNS AGAINST FOOT RACE IN BEAR COUNTRY
From: KRQE News 13
“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility on Monday said the National Park Service is downplaying the threat of interactions between wildlife and participants…
EFFORT TO BAN PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES IN NATIONAL PARKS WOULD END UNDER BUDGET DEAL
From: McClatchy DC
“At the behest of the International Bottled Water Association, Congress is preparing to approve a must-pass budget bill that includes language aimed at restoring…
VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PARK APPROVES ROAD RACE DESPITE LAST YEAR'S BEAR MAULING
From: National Parks Traveler
““How many more people need be mauled for these clueless officials to conclude this is a bad idea?” Mr. Ruch said Monday, citing the mauling last June…
RESEARCHER FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST WSU
From: The Daily Evergreen
“The 12-page complaint, sent to the WSU Faculty Status Committee by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) on Friday, urges the Faculty…
PROFESSOR SAYS WSU VIOLATED HIS ACADEMIC FREEDOM OVER WOLF COMMENTS
From: OPB
“Carlesco and PEER are representing Wielgus as he takes his complaint before Washington State University. "
TRUMP'S EARLY ACTIONS TARGET SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT
From: EOS
“The administration early on issued a temporary hiring freeze that Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told Eos “is just the…
USDA RESEARCHERS CLAIM SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH
From: Organic Authority
“Nearly ten percent of USDA scientists claim that their research has been altered or tampered with by superiors “for reasons other than technical merit,”"
MARK WOODS: TALLYRAND LAND A REMINDER OF THE COSTS OF RIGHTING WRONGS
From: Jacksonville.com
“According to a 2016 analysis by watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, in 2015 the Florida DEP collected the lowest amount of fines…
YELLOWSTONE CONSIDERS CELLPHONE SERVICE UPGRADES
From: GrayDC
““Once you put one in, others will follow and pretty soon, you're basically wired," Ruch explained. "The idea that parks today need to be wired is, we think distressing…