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FOREST SERVICE MISHANDLED TIMBER SALES, ENVIRONMENT GROUP SALES

From: Alaska Public Media

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility cited internal Forest Service documents in its critique of Tongass management. The national forest includes…

LEAD POISONING, OIL-SPILL PROGRAMS TARGETTED FOR CUTS AT EPA

From: Bloomberg

“"We understand the core missions of EPA are antipollution enforcement and regulation. They appear to be substantially cutting both," Jeff Ruch, executive director of…

FOREST SERVICE: GREEN GROUP ASKS IG TO PROBE TONGRASS TIMBER SALES

From: E & E News

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, says the Forest Service allowed contractors at the two 2015 timber sales to cherry-pick the trees they…

DOUBLESPEAK: TRUMP GUTS EPA WHILE CLAIMING TO BE FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

From: New American Journal

“According to a recent statement by the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a national non-profit alliance of local, state and…

MANATEES NO LONGER LISTED AS ENDANGERED

From: Panama City News Herald

“The following month, a group called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility threatened to sue the state agency if it didn’t ban “swim-with”…


News Releases

LABOR PONDERS BREAKING UP TROUBLED WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

Splitting Whistleblower Duties between Agencies Likely Does More Harm than Good

NEW JERSEY GUTS NEW PRIVATIZED TOXIC CLEAN-UP RULES

“Safety Cushion” Extended to Polluters at Expense of Public Health

OSHA JOB SAFETY RECORD INITIATIVE IMPLODES

Agency Quietly Pulls Plug on Touted Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program

INSPECTOR GENERAL RIPS OSHA WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

80% of Investigations Found Inadequate; Whistleblowers Win Only 2% of Cases

INTERIOR MAKES BIG STRIDE ON SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY

Secretary Salazar’s Order Could Be Transformative