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Earthtalk: Cell towers in national parks

by PEER | August 26, 2019
“Cell phone towers have sprouted up in national parks across the country because the National Park Service lacks any coherent policy and instead lets telecommunications companies decide where and how many towers will be constructed,” says Jeff Ruch of the non-profit Public ...

Hightower: If You Drain the Swamp, Where Do the Swamp Critters Go?

by PEER |
From: Magic Valley “Pendley’s zealotry carries him even deeper into paranoiac nuttiness. He lists a sextet of villains he believes are “at war” with western civilization: radical environmentalists, federal bureaucrats, the media, academia, Hollywood and “ignorant” Americans ...

CDC scientist George Luber seeking whistleblower protection

by PEER |
“George Luber alleges that the agency retaliated against him for speaking out on climate change and for raising concerns that it was shifting funds intended for climate change and health programmes to other areas. Represented by the non-profit Public Employees for Environmental ...

Climate Politics

by PEER |
From: Resilience “George Luber, an official with the Asthma and Community Health Branch of the National Center for Environmental Health, intends to file a whistleblower complaint over his treatment at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after having raised concerns about ...

Some Call Foul On ‘Delay’ of Trump Water-Pumping Promise

by PEER | August 21, 2019
From: The Business Journal “Despite that claim, a report was ready but never released, said Jeff Ruch, Pacific region director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit service organization for local, state and federal environmental and public health ...

EPA Exceeded Trump’s Deregulatory Expectations

by PEER | August 17, 2019
From: Government Executive “EPA under the Trump administration has been under intense scrutiny for its regulation rollbacks, dismissal of scientists and political interference in agencies’ science work. At EPA, “Decisions for the most part are made without consulting or seeking ...
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