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GROUP PETITIONS GOVERNMENT FOR CO DETECTORS IN ALL NEW CARS

From: NBC News 4

“Ruch said PEER filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in March 2016 requesting the agency require all new vehicles be equipped…

OP-ED: AMERICAN VALUES ARE BEING TRASHED AS TRUMP RAMPAGE RATCHETS UP

From: Digital Journal

“As for our national parks, plastic bottles are the single largest contributor to trash, making up one-third of their solid waste on average, according to a report…

TRUMP'S FEDERAL HIRING FREEZE MAKES AMERICA LESS SAFE

From: New American Journal

“According to the union that represents these brave first responders who tend to be top notch people just like the National Park Service rangers they work…

PARK POLICE STAFFING SHRINKING DESPITE INCREASED NEED, SAYS WATCHDOG

From: Federal Times

““The U.S. Park Police are at a low ebb while facing a rising tide,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch in a press release. “In recent years, this force has…

NATIONAL PARKS: POLICE UNION WANTS ZINKE TO SPLIT FORCE FROM NPS

From: Greenwire

“...the agency also struggles with a $12 billion maintenance backlog, and many parks are operating without a full staff. The number of law enforcement rangers has also…


News Releases

STATE WHISTLEBLOWER LAWS STEADILY STRENGTHENING

Cash-Strapped States Look to Whistleblowers to Pinpoint Waste and Fraud

FEDERAL WILDLIFE AGENCIES ORDERED TO IGNORE GLOBAL WARMING

No Review of New Greenhouse Gas Pollution for Impact on Species or Habitat

SUPREME COURT DECISION SCRAMBLES NATIONAL PARK FIREARM PLAN

Many State Laws Will Be Subject to Legal Challenge and Uncertainty

WHITE HOUSE DECLARES SCIENCE PRIORITIES FOR FY 2009

Engineering over Environment, Applied over Basic, Corporate over Public

RICHARDSON IS ONLY CANDIDATE TO PLEDGE OPEN GOVERNMENT

Huckabee Says No to Pledge but Other Candidates Are Still Thinking