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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 STILL CANNOT FIND PRUITT’S ALTERNATE CLIMATE SCIENCE

Agency Asks Court for More Time to Develop “an Appropriate Search Methodology”

SUIT TO RESTORE LOUISIANA BLACK BEAR FEDERAL PROTECTIONS

Iconic “Teddy’s Bear” in Continued Jeopardy; Small Remnants Far from Recovery

STATES CONTINUE EXPANDING WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS

Ten States Upgraded Laws in Past Year but Wide Variations in Coverage Remain

EPA AGENTS FIGHTING ECO-CRIME DROP AS SECURITY DETAIL GROWS

Fewer Investigators Translates into Fewer Referrals, Prosecutions, and Defendants

NO WHISTLEBLOWER RELIEF IN BROKEN CIVIL SERVICE COURT

Without a Quorum, MSPB Paralyzed as Cases in Backlog Limbo Now Exceed 1,100