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FOR YEAR END CHARITABLE GIVING – SOME FAVORITES

by PEER | December 28, 2017
From: Huffington Post “PEER’s staff is knowledgeable, organized and relentless in protecting federal employees’ right to bring their conscience to work and speak out against unlawful or reckless devastation of our environmental resources and health. “ Read more . . . Read the ...

WIRE THE WILDERNESS? AS CELL SERVICE EXPANDS, NATIONAL PARKS BECOME THE LATEST DIGITAL BATTLEGROUNDS

by PEER |
From: Merced Sun Star “PEER, which has asked the Interior Department’s Inspector General to investigate, said that Yosemite is “violation of both federal laws and agency policies” by approving the towers without public notice or environmental review. The group also unearthed ...

COVERING THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

by PEER |
From: NM Political Report “Despite the hopes of many, the Obama administration didn’t necessarily champion environmental issues or the agencies and employees working on natural resources. “For the most part, except in recent months, it had been benign neglect,” Jeff Ruch, ...

700+ EMPLOYEES HAVE LEFT THE EPA UNDER TRUMP: LOSS OF SCIENTISTS, STAFFERS UNDERMINES AGENCY’S PURPOSE

by PEER |
From: Eco Watch ““There has been a drop of employees of 770 between April and December. While several hundred of those are buyouts, the rest of those are either people that are retiring or quitting in disgust,” Kyla Bennett, director of New England Public Employees for ...

THE MEMBERS OF EPA’S SUPERFUND TASK FORCE HAD REALLY GOOD MEMORIES

by PEER |
From: Mondaq / Foley Hoag “It turns out that, according to Johnny Walker, the DOJ attorney representing EPA in the litigation, there is a simple explanation for EPA’s failure to produce any documents – there aren’t any. According to the AP, Walker has told PEER that the Task Force ...

RACHEL MADDOW RIPS DISGRACED OKLAHOMA BANKER WHO ‘IMMACULATELY CONCEIVED’ REPORT ON TOXICALLY POLLUTED SUPERFUND SITES

by PEER |
From: Raw Story ““The EPA did not respond with any materials,” Maddow said. “PEER sued and this week, almost six months later, they did not get the documents they were looking for but they did get a response from the EPA. And it’s amazing. Associated Press reporting, ‘a lawyer ...