Department of Interior

News Releases

NEW HEALTH REPORT CONFIRMS SICK INTERIOR HEADQUARTERS

Workers “Intentionally” Exposed to Chemical Vapors, Smoke and Debris Dust

LEGACY OF SCIENTIFIC FRAUD HONED BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION

Julie MacDonald Scandal Symptomatic of Broad Pattern of Mendacity

NEW BUSH PLAN TO GUT ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Key Wildlife Protections Weakened by a Series of Administrative Redefinitions

OSHA THREATENS SAFETY INSPECTIONS AT INTERIOR HQ

Interior Must Prove That Hazards Have Been Abated or Face OSHA Intervention

INTERIOR HQ IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE TO WORK

Scathing Building Audit Finds Major Safety, Health and Environmental Violations

RECLAMATION PROPOSES NEW GROUNDS TO FIRE E-MAILING BIOLOGIST

New Reasons: E-mails “Caused Embarrassment” and Cast “Unfavorable Light”

FEDERAL BIOLOGIST FACES FIRING FOR E-MAILING ENVIRONMENTALISTS

Bureau of Reclamation Cites “Subversive” Behavior in Revealing Agency Misdeeds

INTERIOR PLEDGES SCIENCE INTEGRITY BUT PRACTICES SCIENCE FICTION

New Strategic Plan Does Not Square with Track Record of Political Manipulation

HOUSE CHIDES INTERIOR FOR INACTION ON SICK HEADQUARTERS

Budget Asks for “Corrective Action Plan” and an Employee Grievance Process

BUFFALO BETRAYED BY OFFICIAL CRUELTY AND INDIFFERENCE

Massive Slaughter Makes Bison Logo for Federal Agency “Misleading Advertising”



White Papers
Tortoise on the Half-ShellEnvironmental Malpractice at Mojave National Preserve (November 1999)
Details an inside account about how a federal agency legally dedicated to conservation has abdicated its responsibilities to the direct detriment of the natural resources and wildlife in its care. As a consequence of political presure and bureaucratic inertia, legal mandates have been flaunted, critical scientific data ignored and park managers have taken the posture that grazing at Mojave NP is, and will likely remain, unmonitored, unregulated and untouchable. more >>

War of AttritionSabotage of the Endangered Series Act by the U.S. Department of Interior (December 1997)
The U.S. Department of the Interior consistently ignores its own scientists' recommendations to list species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). To stall discussion and shift the burden, the Department of the Interior is waiting for Congressional approval for a reauthorization bill that would greatly weaken the act. more >>

Surveys
2005  Interior Biologists Told To Fundraise

Other PEER Activities
Protest of Nomination of Craig Manson, for Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks