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STEWARDS OF FEDERAL LANDS FEEL THREATENED, SURVEY SHOWS

From: Live Science

"Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit that represents government staff, released the results of the survey on Feb. 2. The group gathered…

EPA SCIENTISTS WORRY THEIR NEW BOSS DOESN'T WANT SCIENCE

From: Wired

"Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma’s attorney general, is probably going to be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. The full Senate will almost certainly vote to confirm…

FOREST SERVICE ON HOLD FOR HIRING SEASONS FIREFIGHTERS, TRAIL CREWS

From: The Spokesman Review

"Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the sweeping language of the order left it difficult to interpret.…

LISTEN: PEER’S JEFF RUCH ON THE SOJOURNER TRUTH RADIO SHOW

From: The Sojourner Truth Radio Show

"Ruch and show host Margaret Prescott discussed President Donald Trump’s censorship of government agency social media accounts. PEER is following…

PEER PRESSURE PROTECTS US GOVT EMPLOYEES

From: Maximpact Blog

"PEER allows public servants to work as “anonymous activists” so that agencies must confront the message, rather than the messenger, says PEER Executive Director…


News Releases

ENDANGERED BAT CAPTIVE BREEDING PROJECT GOES TERRIBLY WRONG

Negligence Charged in Die-Off of Rare Virginia Big-Eared Bats at Smithsonian

EPA SETS CLEAN WATER BAR FOR FLORIDA TOO LOW

Proposed Federal Standards Ignore EPA Guidelines and Bypass Peer Review

OSHA PLAN TO REMOVE CHEMICAL WARNINGS MISGUIDED

Manufacturers Only Required to Display Uninformative Legal Exposure Limits

WEAK WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS PRECLUDE OSHA REFORM

OSHA Cannot Protect Workers If It Retaliates Against its Own Truth-Tellers

CHRISTIE DEEP-SIXES NEW JERSEY PERCHLORATE STANDARD

“Red Tape” Review Runs Out Clock on Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water Limit