ALASKA DROPPED BALL ON RUNAWAY SHELL VESSEL
State Focused on Capacity of Towing Vessel to be Towed, Not on Its Ability to Tow
News Releases
State Focused on Capacity of Towing Vessel to be Towed, Not on Its Ability to Tow
Successful Mediation under Auspices of U.S. Office of Special Counsel
Risk to Right Whale and other Threatened and Endangered Species Litigated
Sole Focus on Commodities Threatens Natural Heritage, 44-Year Veteran Warns
Staff Survey Shows Only 60% Believe IG Operates "Free from Improper Influence"
Probe Commissioned to Plug Leaks and Root out Dissent on Arctic Offshore Drilling
Unrelated Disclosures from 2007 and 2008 Dredged Up in Questionable Reprimand
Exotic Organisms on Oil Drilling Equipment Excluded from Environmental Reviews
Safety Agency Can Produce Only One Page of Notes to Demonstrate Cap Reliability
Interior Inspector General Declares Itself Exempt from Scientific Integrity Policies
White Papers |
Tortoise on the Half-Shell — Environmental 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 Attrition — Sabotage 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 |