Tags

Journalists: Please sign up for PEERmedia to receive all our recent releases, documents and other information that affect not only public employees, but the public at large.


Turning the Toxic Tide: Florida Needs New Approach to Environmental Regulation

From: TC Palm

“IScott’s appointees brought with them a new approach to regulation, articulated in a 2011 memo by then-DEP Deputy Secretary for Regulatory Programs Jeff Littlejohn. When…

The ‘Power Behind The Throne’ At The Interior Department Could Become Head If Zinke Resigns

From: KUER

“If Zinke does resign — or he’s forced out — Deputy Interior Secretary David Bernhardt would replace him. As second-in-command, Bernhardt runs daily operations while Zinke…

EPA Denies Petition to Stop Cyanide Use that is Killing Wildlife

From: Beyond Pesticides

“The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a petition seeking to ban M-44s — cyanide-spraying apparatuses used to kill coyotes, foxes, and wild dogs…

Quick Hits: Drunk Raccoons, New Park Service Director, and Shiver in the River

From: Blue Ridge Outdoors

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) worry about Vela’s commitment to preserving the wilderness, pointing to Vela’s decision as Southeast…

Hunters Point Shipyard Residents Face No Radiation Risk, State Says

From: SF Weekly

“State public health officials are once again seeking to assure residents of on a segment of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard embroiled in a fraudulent cleanup…


News Releases

EPA ABANDONS LEAD-BASED PAINT PROTECTIONS

1.4 Million Children and Thousands of Construction Workers Remain At Risk

MISSING DOCUMENTS IN CHAMBERS CASE SUDDENLY FOUND

Interior Still Deciding Whether to Release Newly Located Records

SPECIAL COUNSEL TAGS INTERNS TO CLOSE OUT WHISTLEBLOWER CASES

Staff Resignations Leave Agency Short-Handed

COMPUTER RECYCLING EXPOSES PRISON STAFF AND INMATES TO TOXICS

Prison Industry Safety Concerns Censored From OSHA Investigation

FLORIDA’S ENVIRONMENT - MORE VIOLATION NOTICES BUT LESS RESULTS

Cleanups and Civil Fines Down in ’04; “Traffic Ticket” Mentality Decried