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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

NAVY CONTINUES UP TO 300 DETONATIONS PER YEAR IN PUGET SOUND

Promised Environmental Mitigation Measures “Floundering” Due to Navy Resistance

10,000 EPA SCIENTISTS PROTEST LIBRARY CLOSURES

Loss of Access to Collections Will Hamper Emergency Response and Research

NEW “GREEN SCAM” RULES WILL CRIPPLE WETLAND PROTECTIONS

Mitigation Bank Expansion to Facilitate Construction in Marshes and Streams

NOAA’S QUARTER-BILLION DOLLAR HAWAIIAN BOONDOGGLE

New Office Complex on Superfund Site Beset by Environmental Headaches

ATTACKS ON FOREST SERVICE STAFF UP FIVEFOLD IN 2005

Urban Ills Penetrating Deep into Backwoods as Law Enforcement Presence Shrinks