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.


FEDERAL EMPLOYEES STEP UP DEFIANCE OF TRUMP

From: The Hill

““From our point of view, it’s kind of obvious,” said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), when asked about…

AFTER ZERO-TOLERANCE VOW, A PARK CHIEF CITED FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT GETS A BONUS AND A NEW JOB

From: Washington Post

“Jeff Ruch, PEER’s executive director, blasted the agency’s handling of the case, saying it “perpetuates a culture of impunity.” He said by issuing the talking…

WHAT PUSHED A SENIOR EPA OFFICIAL TO RESIGN IN PROTEST?

From: Mint Press News

“Pruitt’s agenda means children and grandchildren will have to live with the greater threat of environmental disasters, such as “Hurricane Katrina, where small…

EPA OFFICE OF WATER DIRECTOR RESIGNS TO PROTEST TRUMP'S CHOKE-HOLD OVER THE AGENCY

From: ZME Science

“While she admits that family concerns also played a hand in the decision, her blistering exit letter makes no qualms in criticizing the Trump administration’s fondness…

TOP EPA SCIENTIST QUITS BECAUSE TRUMP IS "SERIOUSLY WEAKENING AGENCY'S MISSION"

From: IFL Science

“Dr Elizabeth Southerland had been working at the EPA for three decades, saying her work and the organization “has been the guiding light to make the ‘right thing’…


News Releases

EPA STACKS DECK ON POLLUTION PERMIT APPEALS

Washington, DC — Challenging a pollution discharge permit issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be much more challenging under a proposal the agency just unveiled, according…

MASSACHUSETTS ISSUES PERMIT FOR PFAS IT IS FIGHTING

Big Discharge Slated for Merrimack River – Water Source for Half-Million

SUIT TO TRACE PATH FROM REBEL TO UBER-BUREAUCRAT

BLM Must Disclose Circumstances Behind Putting William Pendley in Director’s Chair

EPA DECLINES TO AVERT MASS-CASUALTY REFINERY ACCIDENTS

Despite Near Misses, Agency Claims Ignorance on Hydrogen Fluoride Risks

EVAPORATING NATIONAL PARK STAFF LEVELS

Overall Workforce Has Shrunken by More Than a Sixth Since 2011