Tags

Journalists: Please sign up for PEERmedia to receive all our recent releases, documents and other information that affect not only public employees, but the public at large.


The Interior Department is ignoring the rules on ‘acting’ officials

From: Washington Post

"The July 8 editorial on the extreme number of vacancies in positions that require Senate confirmation, “Mr. Trump’s ‘acting’ government,” was a welcome indication…

Watch Out, Tortoise: Karen-Budd Falen Is in Charge.

From: Sierra

"Like putting Genghis Khan in charge of a day-care center.” That’s how a spokesperson for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility responded to Karen Budd-Falen’s…

This Chemical Kills. Why Aren’t Regulators Banning It?

From: New York Times

"Last month’s spectacular explosions at a large Philadelphia oil refinery complex injured five workers, terrorized city residents and drove up gasoline prices.…

Philadelphia Explosion Underscores Danger of Refineries Using Hydrogen Fluoride

From: Truthout

"Aging refineries are playing Russian roulette with American population centers,” said Tim Whitehouse, a former enforcement attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection…

Lawmakers talk legislation in response to FOIA changes

From: The Hill

"It would definitely be an amendment to FOIA, those aren’t that uncommon,” Kevin Bell, staff counsel for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, on what…


News Releases

CORPORATE SHADOW OVER JERSEY’S TAINTED GROUNDWATER DARKENS

Science “Advisors” Push Dramatic Relaxation of Groundwater Cleanup Standards

ROMNEY NOT LIKELY TO BE A CONSERVATION PRESIDENT

Dismal Land Preservation Record in Massachusetts Bodes Ill for Natural Legacy

LAWSUIT FILED CHALLENGING PLAN TO ALLOW ORVS ON INYO COUNTY ROADS

INDEPENDENCE, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility took action today to hold Inyo County accountable to adequately review the environmental…

THOUSANDS OF JERSEY POLLUTION PERMITS UNENFORCEABLE

Appeal for EPA Intervention to Nix Radical Christie Stealth Deregulation

HUNDREDS OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES NOT TSUNAMI READY

Proposed NOAA Cuts Would Reduce Ranks of U.S. Cities Prepared for Tsunamis