National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

News Releases

INVESTIGATION FAILS TO SORT OUT WEATHER SERVICE FISCAL SCANDAL

NOAA Casts Blame but Cannot Find Cause for Massive Budgetary Check Kiting

HUNDREDS OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES NOT TSUNAMI READY

Proposed NOAA Cuts Would Reduce Ranks of U.S. Cities Prepared for Tsunamis

NOAA’S BIZARRE UNFOLDING FISCAL SCANDAL

National Weather Service Head Pushed Out in Frantic Damage Control Drill

NOAA CUTS TSUNAMI AND SEISMIC SAFETY FUNDING

Sudden Shift Rips Tsunami Warning Buoys and Alaska Emergency Preparedness

HIGH-LEVEL LOWBALL IN GULF DEEPWATER CRISIS

Scientific Integrity Complaint Details Official Underestimation of BP Spill Rate

FISHERIES OBSERVERS TOLD TO TURN BLIND EYE TO VIOLATIONS

Shark Finning, Pollution and Safety Complaints Trigger Reprisal, Not Enforcement

NOAA SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY PLAN OFFERS NO SHIELD FOR SCIENTISTS

Lack of Whistleblower Protection Leaves Scientists Vulnerable to Official Reprisal

NOAA KEEPS GAG RULE ON UNIVERSITY MARINE SCIENTISTS

Rejects Petition to Lift Ban against “Advocacy” by Sea Grant Recipients

NOAA SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY PLAN HAS BIG GAPS TO FILL IN

Unresolved Tension between Transparency and Management Content Control

HAWAII TSUNAMI RESPONSE GETS MIXED FEDERAL SIGNALS

NOAA Wants Tsunami Warning Center Relocated Where Navy Says to Evacuate



Surveys
2005  Political Appointees Pollute Waters at Ocean Agency

Other PEER Activities
Nearshore Coral Reefs in Florida Threatened

Working With NOAA to Save the Sanctuaries

PEER's comments about NOAA's proceeding to organize organize social and economic data collection pertaining to the Bay of Alaska fisheries.

Attack on the Corps Destructive Tendencies

Beach Renourishment along Florida’s Treasure Coast.

Estuary Habitat Restoration

FCC/USACE Damage Reefs

PEER assessment of NOS pending Fair Market Value Rulemaking and Working With NOAA

PEER Campaign: Whale Collisions

Preventing Federal Agencies from Damaging Nearshore Coral Reefs

Read about PEER’s efforts on behalf of the U.S. FWS Critical Habitat Designation of plant species of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Read PEER's comments in the proceeding designating critical habitat for 37 endangered species on Lanai.

Sedimentation-- a Waste of Resources that Damages Reefs

The second concern of the PEER’s Hawaiian agenda entails proposed restrictions on the ‘take’ of sea turtles in island waters.