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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

FEDERAL BIOLOGIST FACES FIRING FOR E-MAILING ENVIRONMENTALISTS

Bureau of Reclamation Cites “Subversive” Behavior in Revealing Agency Misdeeds

FWS TERMINATES CONTROVERSIAL BISON RANGE AGREEMENT

Agency Rebuffs Efforts by Tribe to Assume Management of Entire Refuge in FY 2007

GROUPS CONTEST DENIAL OF FEDERAL PROTECTION TO DECLINING PRAIRIE DOG

Illegal Political Interference Cited in Lawsuit

NEW PARK DIRECTOR FACES FIRST TEST ON GULF ISLANDS ROAD

Plan to Armor Road Requires Director to Set Aside Conservation Rules

CORPS POST-KATRINA PLAN PROMOTES MORE WETLANDS DESTRUCTION

Substantial Relaxation of Wetland Protections for Gulf Endangers Coastal Communities