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.


Wolf Researcher Resigns in Settlement With WSU

From: The Daily Evergreen

"Wielgus, who served as Director of the Large Carnivore Conservation Laboratory, faced scrutiny from the university over research he carried out regarding…

Supervisors To Question Executives Re Allegedly Falsified Hunters Point Cleanup

From: SF Gate

"The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will grill executives from Tetra Tech, the firm accused of falsifying results from the $1 billion radiation cleanup at Hunters…

National Wildlife Refuges Contaminated with Thousands of Pounds of Toxic Pesticides

From: Beyond Pesticides

"According to a new report from the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), hundreds of thousands of pounds of pesticides are sprayed on lands that are designated…

Wolf Researcher Who Accused WSU of Silencing Him Gets $300K to Settle Lawsuit and Go Away

From: The Seattle Times

"Jeff Ruch, executive director of PEER, said the Wielgus incident showed that Washington has politicized its wolf policy and allowed politics into the halls…

Trump vs. "The Deep State"

From: The New Yorker

"This seems to be either monkey-wrenching or just incredible incompetence. You have a civil-service system without the means to adjudicate disputes. The Trump philosophy…


News Releases

FOREST SERVICE FIRE-FIGHTING AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES AT RISK

Collateral Duty Responders Lost in Outsourcing Plan

EPA FACING LARGE REDUCTIONS IN CORE PROGRAMS

Congressional Earmarks and Diversions Padding the Budget While Forcing Cuts

OUTSOURCING STRETCHES FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTING COSTS TO HALF BILLION OVER BUDGET

Forest Service Lacks Staff to Oversee Contracts

PENTAGON ESCAPES POLLUTION LIABILITY UNDER NEW PCB RULING

Defense Pressed EPA for Cleanup Exemption

PARK WILDERNESS PLANS BLOCKED

Bush Administration Maintains Moratorium on New Wilderness Designations