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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

EPA IS HASTILY DISPOSING OF ITS LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

Orders to Trash Library Holdings Stirs Protests

MASSACHUSETTS LOSING WAR ON SPRAWL UNDER ROMNEY

Fewest Acres Protected in 2006 than in Past 15 Years at Higher Cost per Acre

TRIBE SEEKING TOTAL TAKEOVER OF NATIONAL BISON RANGE

Fish & Wildlife Service May Also Cede Two More Refuges and Five Waterfowl Areas

TOP FLORIDA OFFICIAL ADMITS POLLUTION LINK TO ALGAE BLOOMS

Email to Governor Bush Contradicts Repeated Public Denials of Connection

MASSACHUSETTS SEWAGE STREAMLINING MEANS DIRTIER WATERS

Incoming Governor Left to Deal with Mega Industrial Wastewater Mess