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GROUP TIES INTERIOR NOMINEE, WESTLANDS LOBBYIST TO ARCTIC REFUGE SCIENTIFIC FRAUD

From: Daily Kos

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) disagrees with Zinke’s rosy assessment of Bernhardt’s “extensive experience” serving as a key aide to Secretary…

INTERIOR: ENERGY COMPANIES PAID BERNHARDT MORE THAN $80K LAST YEAR

From: Greenwire

“"I am writing you on behalf of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to express our opposition to the nomination of David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary,…

PARK POLICE STAFFING SHRINKING DESPITE INCREASED NEED, SAYS WATCHDOG

From: Federal Times

““The U.S. Park Police are at a low ebb while facing a rising tide,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch in a press release. “In recent years, this force has…

DESPITE BEAR CONCERNS, RACE STILL ON, SAY WILDLIFE OFFICIALS

From: Los Alamos Monitor

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility last week said the National Park Service is downplaying the threat of interactions between wildlife and participants…

NATIONAL PARKS: POLICE UNION WANTS ZINKE TO SPLIT FORCE FROM NPS

From: Greenwire

“...the agency also struggles with a $12 billion maintenance backlog, and many parks are operating without a full staff. The number of law enforcement rangers has also…


News Releases

CHAMBERS WINS APPEAL OVER REMOVAL AS U.S. PARK POLICE CHIEF

Main Charge Against Chief Chambers Thrown Out as Protected Whistle Blowing

CHRISTIE TO AXE JERSEY POLLUTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH RULES

“Red Tape Review Group” Issues Hit List of Regulations to Toss or Water Down

FLORIDA PANTHER HABITAT WHITTLED AWAY WITH OFFICIAL OKAYS

More Than Two Acres Lost for Each “Preserved” as New Projects Hem in Panther

U.S. JUDGE THREATENS EPA WITH CONTEMPT ON EVERGLADES

EPA Administrator Jackson Personally Summoned to Detail Pollution Compliance

EPA PUTS OFF NEW PROTECTIONS FOR FLORIDA’S COASTAL WATERS

New Scientific Peer Review Defers Estuarine and Coastal Standards until 2011