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

AFTER DEATHS, BLM PERMITS BIGGER OFF-ROAD RACE THIS WEEKEND

Problem-Plagued Vegas-to-Reno Race Marked by Inability to Enforce Permit Rules

FOREST OFF-ROAD VEHICLE PLANS AT CROSSROADS IN THE SOUTHWEST

Status of Million of Acres at Stake; Wide Variation in Emerging ORV Forest Plans

REFUGE DUNES TO BE MINED TO SHORE UP PRIVATE BEACH HOMES

Legality of Scraping Delaware Refuge Beaches Challenged to Prevent Precedent

BOCA RATON WASTEWATER WOES WARRANT FEDERAL INTERVENTION

Effluent Discharges Fouling Waterways While Florida DEP Looks the Other Way

PARK SERVICE ENCOURAGES VIOLATION OF PLANT REMOVAL RULES

NPS Director Declares Restrictions on Indian Harvest “Wrong” and Vows Repeal