ANALYSIS: IS GOV. RICK SCOTT FRIEND OR FOE OF THE ENVIRONMENT?
From: USA Today Network Florida “The Department of Environmental Protection has opened 75 percent fewer pollution regulation enforcement cases since 2011, according to agency data gathered by Florida Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.” Read more . . . Read the PEER ...
MORE THAN 5 YEARS ON, FAMILIES OF DEADLY GRAIN ELEVATOR BLAST VICTIMS STILL SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE
From: High Plains Public Radio “The U.S. attorney’s “lengthy squatting” on the Bartlett case precluded the pursuit of civil or administrative remedies against the company, said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit advocacy ...
SUSAN COMBS TO JOIN INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, AN AGENCY SHE OFTEN BATTLED
From: Austin American-Statesman “Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which advocates for government scientists, noted it was still unclear what Combs’ assistant secretary duties would include. But he said he was concerned about what he ...
COMMON SENSE DICTATES SAFETY FIRST WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF
From: Half Moon Bay Review “What is the problem? Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, put it pretty succinctly a couple years back in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle: “The common sense concern is that this is just chopped up ...
FOREST SERVICE WANTS TO PAY MORE IN MONEY-LOSING TIMBER SALE
From: SitNews “After losing nearly $2 million on a major timber sale, U.S. Forest Service officials are pushing for additional payments to a Southeast Alaska logging company, according to documents posted Monday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).” Read ...
TONGASS TIMBER SALE SHORT ON TIMBER
From: KTOO Public Media “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, has published Forest Service documents on its website detailing a review of timber sale contracts on the Tongass National Forest. This spring, PEER highlighted a Forest ...
