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STEWARDS OF FEDERAL LANDS FEEL THREATENED, SURVEY SHOWS

From: Live Science

"Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit that represents government staff, released the results of the survey on Feb. 2. The group gathered…

EPA SCIENTISTS WORRY THEIR NEW BOSS DOESN'T WANT SCIENCE

From: Wired

"Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma’s attorney general, is probably going to be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. The full Senate will almost certainly vote to confirm…

FOREST SERVICE ON HOLD FOR HIRING SEASONS FIREFIGHTERS, TRAIL CREWS

From: The Spokesman Review

"Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the sweeping language of the order left it difficult to interpret.…

LISTEN: PEER’S JEFF RUCH ON THE SOJOURNER TRUTH RADIO SHOW

From: The Sojourner Truth Radio Show

"Ruch and show host Margaret Prescott discussed President Donald Trump’s censorship of government agency social media accounts. PEER is following…

PEER PRESSURE PROTECTS US GOVT EMPLOYEES

From: Maximpact Blog

"PEER allows public servants to work as “anonymous activists” so that agencies must confront the message, rather than the messenger, says PEER Executive Director…


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