News Clips

From: Government Executive “EPA currently has 147 special agents in its Criminal Investigation Division, according to documents obtained through a federal records request by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, less than half the number it employed in 2003 and well below ...

From: Esquire “Agency officials were told they could not repeat their concerns to Congress, according to Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, who obtained the memo and provided a copy to McClatchy. “It appears the national parks are ...

From: The Missoulian “Reneau is named in a lawsuit filed last year by the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) that claimed the Fish and Wildlife Service had not completed the necessary analysis needed to turn the National Bison Range over to the CSKT. That ...

From: Greenwire “EPA has less than half the special agents in its Criminal Investigation Division than it had in 2003, said Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. As the number of agents declined, so have criminal cases and successful prosecutions “ Read more . . . ...

From: Greenwire “And last year, Tooke apologized in writing to American Indian tribes for the Forest Service’s erosion control work in 2014 — before he was on the job — that damaged sections of the Trail of Tears on the edge of the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee. But ...

From: Wisconsin Gazette “Hunters unleashing packs of dogs to tree bears in Wisconsin woods are criminally harassing gray wolves in violation of the Endangered Species Act, according to a complaint filed earlier this month by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.” Read ...

From: The Daily Caller “The environmental group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is claiming a “junior Trump political operative” is sabotaging the National Parks Service (NPS), according to a PEER press release Wednesday.” Read more . . . Read the PEER ...

From: Wisconsin Gazette “Today, the Sacramento Bee’s Stuart Leavenworth broke the story that Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) had obtained a leaked memo that appears to show that senior political appointees at the Department of the Interior have barred top ...

From: The Trace “NPS officials were later ordered to not voice their issues to Congress, according to Jeff Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, who provided a copy of the memo to McClatchy.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: New York Magazine “Ruch said it was his understanding that the “C.H.” stands for Casey Hammond — an Interior political appointee and former House Natural Resources Committee staffer — but that could not be verified.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: Newsmax “As well, park agency officials were told they could not repeat their concerns to Congress, Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told McClatchy.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: Greenwire “Agency officials were told they could not repeat their concerns to Congress, according to Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, who obtained the memo and provided a copy to McClatchy.” Read more . . . Read the PEER ...

From: Sunshine State News “Noting there are less than 250 Florida panthers left, Buchanan called on the federal government to continue its current efforts instead of removing them from the endangered species list. “ Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: Daily Evergreen ““In 2013, Wielgus was selected as lead researcher for a legislature-sponsored study on livestock and wolf interaction,” Carlesco said, “and his research showed the most effective way of handling things is to not employ lethal control, but to put the burden ...

From: Clean Technica ““Jeffrey Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an organization representing government employees in environmental fields, said the E.P.A. could not allow changes like this to take place, or expect its employees to ...

From: Sacramento Bee “Agency officials were told they could not repeat their concerns to Congress, according to Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, who obtained the memo and provided a copy to McClatchy.” Read more . . . Read the ...

From: Bloomberg “Jeff Ruch, who represented Horowitz as director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), said in an email to Bloomberg BNA the changes won’t do much for Horowitz’s situation.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: Canada Free Press ““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. “You have Donald Trump, who ran and said he would drain the ...

From: La Crosse Tribune “The practice amounts to “a state-sanctioned financial subsidy for hunters engaged in the criminal harassment” of wolves, an attorney for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said in a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.” ...

From: Digital Journal “As for our national parks, plastic bottles are the single largest contributor to trash, making up one-third of their solid waste on average, according to a report by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).” Read more . . . Read the PEER ...