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.


'WHERE IS EVERYBODY?' SENATORS ASK OF MISSING TRUMP PICKS

From: Greenwire

“Last month, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility asked Interior's inspector general to probe the agency's use of temporary or acting directors and whether…

EPA CHIEF'S CLEAN-WATER ROLLBACK SHAPED BY SECRECY, LUXURY TRAVEL AND HANDPICKED AUDIENCES

From: LA Times

“The effort is aimed at removing federal Clean Water Act protection from millions of miles of streams and wetlands, including more than 80% of the waters in California…

FEDS’ DISCOUNTED GRAZING FEES HURT TAXPAYERS, ENVIRONMENT, REPORT SAYS

From: The Daily Yonder

““While heavily subsidized grazing is not new to this administration, reducing low fees even further is a step in the wrong direction,” said Kirsten Stade, advocacy…

INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE'S NRA VISIT AMONG SEVERAL TRIPS BEING QUESTIONED

From: CNN

“Internal emails obtained by the nonprofit group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and shared with CNN, show the logistical hoops Park Service staff jumped…

THE EPA WANTS TO COMBINE THREE OFFICES INTO ONE. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

From: Buzzfeed News

“"By merging these offices, to me, it seems like another nail in the coffin of science," Kyla Bennett, who ran wetland enforcement and permitting in EPA's New England…


News Releases

ECO-RISKS OF COAL ASH AS MINE FILL UNDERSTATED

Pennsylvania Auditor General Asked to Investigate State Agencies’ Inaction

JERSEY NIXES FILTRATION PLAN FOR DRINKING WATER

State Wants EPA to Act on Rising Chemical Contamination of Water Supplies

USDA FIRES EMPLOYEE FOR EXPRESSING PERSONAL OPINION

Chilling Effect of Excessive Message Control over Technical Experts Decried

BOCA RATON UTILITY WORKERS BLOW WHISTLE ON HEALTH RISKS

Employee Survey Underlines Drinking Water, Sewage and Big Compliance Questions

NEW JERSEY THROWS CLOAK OVER ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS

Large Categories of Enforcement, Inspection and Property Records Going Off Limits