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PEER FILES LAWSUIT TO QUIET SKIES OVER NATIONAL PARKS

From: National Parks Traveler

“In a bid to bring some better management of park overflights into being, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, along with Hawaii Island Coalition…

FREE REIN FOR CHOPPERS DRIVES NATIONAL PARK ENTHUSIASTS TO COURT

From: Gears Of Biz

““The Park Service is supposed to protect parks for present and future generations but its jurisdiction in essence ends at the treetops,” Jeff Ruch, executive director…

LAWSUIT DEMANDS FAA DEVELOP AIR TOUR MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR NATIONAL PARKS

From: Rotor & wing International

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has filed a lawsuit against the FAA, the organization said. The suit fights noise from helicopter…

DUNES PAVILION CHANGES WON'T GET A SECOND REVIEW

From: Chicago Tribune

“Dunes Action, along with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, asked for the review late last month because of concern that modification…

RYAN ZINKE'S WEEK OF RECKONING: SCANDALS ROIL TRUMP'S INTERIOR DEPARTMENT

From: Truthout

“"This 'grip-and-grin' tour is galling when the secretary is telling everyone else to tighten their belts," said PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch, who filed for the…


News Releases

TRIBE MEMBERS HAVE LONG HISTORY OF GAME VIOLATIONS

Seattle City Council Poised to Cede White River Game Management to Muckleshoot

NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY ISSUES GAG ORDER TO STAFF

Mounting Scandals Creating “Bunker Mentality” Inside Troubled Agency

ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER IS LAST WASTE DUMP

State Pocked by Thousands of Hazardous Waste Sites with Little Monitoring

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY JOINS COALITION SEEKING GUNNISON SAGE-GROUSE PROTECTION

TELLURIDE, COLO. – San Miguel County in Colorado has formally joined an effort to protect the Gunnison sage-grouse under the federal Endangered Species Act. The County’s action is in response to a decision…

LEGISLATURE TO PROBE TOXIC COLLAPSE IN NEW JERSEY

Series of Cleanup Fiascoes Have Communities Feeling Betrayed and Vulnerable