client stories

Jeff DeBonis: PEER Origin Story

by | April 11, 2018
As a timber sale planner on Oregon’s Willamette National Forest in the late 1980s, Jeff came to the conclusion that the Forest Service was over-logging which would lead to the type of eco-degradation he had seen in Central America in the Peace Corps. He co-founded PEER ...

Teresa Chambers: The Honest Chief

by | April 3, 2018
Teresa waged a 7-year legal battle through PEER to overturn her termination for honestly answering a reporter’s questions as first female Chief of the U.S. Park Police. Her case created important protections for all national security and public safety whistleblowers ...

Ben Lomeli: Standing Up for Scientific Integrity

by | February 27, 2018
Ben called on PEER to assist his efforts to save Arizona’s San Pedro River from excessive groundwater withdrawals ...

John Fitzgerald: World Bank Whistleblower

by | January 23, 2018
In 2002, John was the sole analyst overseeing environmental compliance with U.S. participation in multinational development bank projects ...

Martha Hahn: Eco-Warrior

by | January 8, 2018
As the Director of Idaho BLM early in the GW Bush administration, Martha worked to protect fragile resources from destructive overgrazing and was targeted for removal by then-U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho). Craig denounced BLM’s decision to restrict grazing in Owyhee County, ...
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