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Jeff Ruch

Jeff Ruch was the Executive Director of PEER from 1997-2019 and now serves as Director of Pacific PEER, headquartered in California. Prior to that Jeff was the Policy Director and a staff attorney at the Government Accountability Project representing whistleblowers from both the public and private sector. Before coming to DC, Jeff worked in California state government for 17 years, mostly in the State Legislature as counsel to various committees where he drafted literally hundreds of laws on topics ranging from energy conservation to the rights of employed inventors. Jeff served stints as a deputy district attorney, an appellate court clerk and is a graduate of the California Correctional Officers Academy.

COMMENTARY | Scientific Integrity Is Not a Popularity Contest

by | March 9, 2023
Scientists who formally file dissenting opinions that challenge the orthodoxy of their agency, are often on a lonely, fraught journey ...

COMMENTARY | Public Health Scientist Vindicated

by | March 7, 2023
Even though Dr. Carpenter's case has been resolved, we hope the University at Albany will address the broader academic freedom issues that this case has opened ...

US budget riders compromise conservation

by | February 28, 2023
The use of appropriations riders as shortcuts to pass policies to circumvent environmental laws put endangered species at risk ...

COMMENTARY | EPA Asks for Comment on PFAS Data It Won’t Release

by | February 20, 2023
EPA is asking the public to comment on fluorination of plastics but keeping important materials, including health studies, confidential ...

COMMENTARY | How the FCC Fails to Follow Environmental Laws and Fails the Public

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Given the FCC’s lack of oversight and failure to comply with environmental laws, numerous environmental harms occur under the agency’s watch ...

Op-Ed | Herding Cats: Biden’s Myopic Approach to Scientific Integrity

by | February 16, 2023
The president has made it clear he believes scientific integrity is an important value. Now he must show it more forcefully ...
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