PEER Perspective – Spring 2021
Small scale decisions can have a big impact. PEER evaluates some lesser known players and decisions making news in the environmental world ...
Comments on Environmental Assessment (EA) for Yellowstone fiber optic cable proposal (PDF)
DESCRIPTION: Public Comments on the Environmental Assessment (EA) for Diamond Communication’s 187-mile fiber optic cable proposal for Yellowstone National Park urging Yellowstone to reject Diamond’s application for a right of way (ROW) in Yellowstone TO: National Park Service FROM: ...
Report | 2021 Bureau of Land Management Employee Survey
PEER conducted a survey with current and former Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employees on the state of the agency, these are the findings ...
PEERMail: We Need a Radical Departure on Pesticides
The federal law that provides for regulation of pesticides has proven utterly inadequate and we need a radical depature from current policy ...
Academic Freedom & the First Amendment
Thanks to a seminal Supreme Court ruling in 2006, public employees at all levels have no – as in zero – First Amendment free speech rights when in their role as public servants. This because, the court reasons, government owns their speech. Only by stepping outside that role and ...
NOAA to Reduce Right Whale Aerial Surveys
Eliminating Targeted Surveys Hampers Ability to Spot Whales in Distress ...