DUNES GROUP ASKS PROSECUTOR TO REVIEW PAVILION PROJECT CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
From: Chicago Tribune “Dunes Action and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, have asked Porter County Prosecutor Brian Gensel to investigate what the two groups believe are unauthorized construction activities at the Indiana Dunes State Park pavilion.” ...
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS GETTING SUED BY TEENS FOR HIS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
From: Teen Vogue “A report released by the Florida chapter of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility stated that in 2014 there was an 85% drop in environmental regulation cases opened by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection compared to 2010 numbers.” ...
OPERATING UNDER THE RADAR: TOP ZINKE AIDES UNDERMINE PROTECTIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES
From: The Revelator “The Trump administration wants to avoid public scrutiny of Interior’s decisions and sidestep Congressional oversight. This is occurring while the department systematically dismantles policies designed to protect the multiple use of public lands, including ...
PETERSBURG ASSEMBLY MAY CONSIDER RESOLUTION ON TIMBER SALE LOSSES
From: KFSK “Tonka on Kupreanof and Big Thorne on Prince of Wales, were the subject of a review completed by U.S. Forest Service staff from its Washington office in June of 2016. It was among a number of documents published last year by the group Public Employees for Environmental ...
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP RELEASES REPORTS OF ADDITIONAL FALSIFIED SOIL SAMPLE RESULTS AT SAN FRANCISCO SHIPYARD SITE
From: JDSupra “According to reports of documents released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), an environmental advocacy group, falsification of soil samples from the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco’s largest development, could be much ...
INTERIOR SUED OVER PREMATURE DISCLOSURE OF RESERVE ESTIMATES
From: The Cordova Times “A public interest group has sued the Interior Department over the premature release of highly sensitive estimates of new reserves at the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is seeking a permanent injunction ...
