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SCOTT PRUITT IS CARRYING OUT HIS E.P.A. AGENDA IN SECRET, CRITICS SAY

by Susan Sargent | August 14, 2017
““This is a huge change, and they made it over a few days, with almost no record, no documentation,” Mr. Ruch said, adding, “It wasn’t so much cooking the books, it was throwing out the books.”” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

A WAR OVER WOLVES

by Susan Sargent | August 10, 2017
From: Seattle Times “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a national nonprofit specializing in government scientist whistleblower protection, in April filed a 12-page complaint against WSU officials, alleging the university punished and silenced Wielgus to placate ...

WILL THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE DEFEND US?

From: Huff Post “These citizen groups – Public Citizen (see citizen.org), Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (see peer.org), The Government Accountability Project (GAP, see whistleblower.org), and numerous other organizations, including civil service retirees, are ...

HOW WILL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RESPOND TO SCIENTISTS’ CLIMATE REPORT?

From: CBC News “’Behind the scenes, there will be a witch hunt,’ says former EPA whistleblower Kyla Bennett, New England director of PEER.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES STEP UP DEFIANCE OF TRUMP

by Susan Sargent | August 7, 2017
From: The Hill ““From our point of view, it’s kind of obvious,” said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), when asked about staffers’ growing pushback.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

TRUMP HANDS US POLICY WRITING TO SHADOW GROUPS OF BUSINESS EXECS

From: McClatchy DC “The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which describes its mission as protecting employees who protect the environment, expects to file suit as soon as this month over the group Trump set up to examine the Environmental Protection Agency’s program ...
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