LAWMAKERS, ADVOCATES BLAST ‘MISGUIDED’ GRAND CANYON FEE HIKE PLAN
From: Cronkite News ““We haven’t seen any sort of market review or analysis,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “We don’t know whether or not this is going to price people out of the parks or what, or at least they haven ...
DEMS SEEK PROBE OF FUNDING FOR CALIF. TUNNEL PROJECT
From: E&E Daily “The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee yesterday called for a federal investigation into alleged misuse of taxpayer funds in planning California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown’s massive twin tunnels water project.” Read more . . . Read ...
TRUMP’S EPA: RADIATION NOT THAT BAD ACTUALLY
From: The Young Turks “Mr. Burns might as well be running the EPA now. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
LAW: GROUP, FIRM OFFER PRO BONO HELP FOR FEDERAL SCIENTISTS
From: Greenwire “”We’ve seen political leaders of all parties manipulate, skew and suppress scientific information to further an agenda,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER.” Read more . . . Read the ...
DEATH THREATS PROMPT INCREASED SECURITY FOR HEAD OF EPA
From: OzarksFirst.com “EPA guidelines now says radiation exposures of 5 to 10 rem usually result in no harmful health effects. That’s the equivalent of 5,000 chest x-rays, according to Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
HERES WHY YOU BETTER GET USED TO CROWDED NATIONAL PARKS
From: Men’s Journal “The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility—which represents U.S. rangers, game wardens, and land managers—has criticized the NPS for having not already limited visitorship, as Congress mandated in the late 1970s.” Read more ...
FINALLY, FAA IS SUED FOR RESISTING AIR TOUR PLANS
From: Acoustic Ecology Institute “So, the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibilty (PEER), along with a coalition of Hawaiian groups has sued the FAA to force them to jumpstart the planning at Hawaii Volcanoes and five other parks, calling for them to adopt voluntary agreements ...
EPA: AGENCY DEFENDS ENFORCEMENT AS COPS RETURN FROM PRUITT DETAIL
From: Greenwire “…another advocacy group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, released EPA data showing the agency had lost about 30 criminal special agents since 2012. As the number of special agents has fallen, so have criminal cases and successful prosecutions.&# ...
EPA LOOSENS RADIATION SAFETY STANDARDS
From: Axios “Jeff Ruch, executive director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told Bloomberg: “This appears to be another case of the Pruitt EPA proclaiming conclusions exactly opposite…of scientific research.”” Read more . . . Read the ...
EPA: NOW SAYS 5000 CHEST X RAYS’ WORTH OF RADIATION EXPOSURE IS SAFE
From: Metro ““I knew that under Scott Pruitt EPA is in climate denial but now it appears to be in radiation denial, as well,” says Jeff Ruch, executive director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “This appears to be another case of the Pruitt EPA proclaiming ...
HUGE AMOUNTS OF RADIATION WON’T HARM YOU, PRUITT’S EPA CLAIMS
From: Truthout Buzzflash “PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch is highly critical of the new EPA position: I knew that under Scott Pruitt EPA is in climate denial but now it appears to be in radiation denial, as well…. There is no known safe amount of radiation…the current body of ...
MEDIA FALSELY REPORTS TRUMP’S EPA IS ‘WEAKENING RADIATION SAFETY LEVELS’
From: The Daily Caller “The story suggested the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was quietly “weakening radiation safety levels.” Bloomberg’s report was based on documents provided by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a liberal group.” Read ...
CO-MANAGING FEDERAL LANDS WITH TRIBES NO WALK IN THE PARK
No Easy Resolution for Clashing Agendas between “Sovereigns” over the Same Land ...
SCOTT PRUITT’S EPA SAYS MAYBE MORE RADIATION EXPOSURE WOULDN’T BE SO HARMFUL
From: Gizmodo “Environmental protection non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility published a document on their website comparing the two guidelines, saying previous EPA estimates indicate the 2017 revision would mean “every 86th person would get a cancer from that ...
EPA SAYS HIGHER RADIATION LEVELS POSE ‘NO HARMFUL HEALTH EFFECT’
From: Bloomberg “Even with those lower standards, the EPA had never before said that any level of radiation exposure is safe, according to Jeff Ruch, executive director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group of government workers and retirees.” ...
BURDENED BY AUSTERITY, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BREAKS THE LAW
From: New York Times “”The summit of Mt. Washburn has been the biggest destination for hikers and now it’s going to be like hiking to a telecommunications bunker,” PEER head Jeff Ruch said by telephone. “At this point, we would not be surprised if Yellowstone ...
YELLOWSTONE OFFICIALS SAY ADDING ANTENNAE TO MOUNT WASHBURN FIRE LOOKOUT WOULD HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACT
From: Yellowstone Insider “The determination that the Mt. Washburn proposal would have an “adverse” visual effect was included in a letter from Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk to preservation officials that was obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.” ...
INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE VOWS TO END CULTURE OF HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION IN NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
From: Los Angeles Times ““This is the fourth declaration of zero tolerance of sexual harassment we’ve heard from the Interior Department in the past three years alone,” Jeff Ruch, executive director of the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “The ...
WIRELESS UPGRADE WOULD GIVE YELLOWSTONE A BLACK EYE: ENVIRONMENTALISTS
From: New York Times “”The summit of Mt. Washburn has been the biggest destination for hikers and now it’s going to be like hiking to a telecommunications bunker,” PEER head Jeff Ruch said by telephone. “At this point, we would not be surprised if Yellowstone ...
YELLOWSTONE LOOKOUT PROJECT WOULD HURT VIEWS AT MOUNT WASHBURN
From: Casper Star Tribune “The determination that the Mt. Washburn proposal would have an “adverse” visual effect was included in a letter from Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk to preservation officials that was obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.” ...
