PEER in Texas

PEER's environmental work is solely directed by the needs of its members. As a consequence, we have the distinct honor of serving resource professionals who daily cast profiles in courage in cubicles across the country.

Find out about Texas’s whistleblower law

Following are PEER news releases, white papers, surveys and other activities for Texas:


News Releases for Texas
September 29, 2009  INSPECTOR GENERAL SWOOPS DOWN ON BORDER AGENCY — Commissioner Takes Leave as Agents Arrive to Scour Files and Computers
September 24, 2009  BORDER AGENCY AXES TOP LAWYER FOR WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT — General Counsel Fired for Not Being “Collegial” in Reporting Waste and Abuse
August 17, 2009  BORDER AGENCY DENIES SEWAGE, FLOODING AND DAM BREAK DANGERS — Bush Holdovers Perpetuate Pattern of Abuse and Malfeasance without Oversight
August 10, 2009  OBSCURE BORDER AGENCY WORST IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT — Chronic Mismanagement Threatens Flooding and Sanitation Catastrophes
September 25, 2007  ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CRASH IN FEDERAL COYOTE HUNT — Second Aerial Gunning Accident in Two Months as Call for Ban Mounts
March 11, 2003  FORT HOOD TO EXTEND SWEETHEART GRAZING DEAL, AGAIN — Army Complains 50-Year "Monopoly" Needs To End
October 7, 2002  SUIT FILED TO HALT PRAIRIE DOG EXTERMINATION — Conservation Groups Charge Lubbock Removal Plan is Illegal
September 18, 2002  STATE WILDLIFE AGENCY BLASTS PRAIRIE DOG REMOVAL — TCEQ Misled Public, Admitted it Lacks Evidence Dogs Cause Contamination
August 29, 2002  WHERE WOULD YOU PUT 50,000 PRAIRIE DOGS? — Prairie Dog Committee to Weigh In On Lubbock Eradication Plan
July 30, 2002  HOMELAND SECURITY OF TX PRAIRIE DOGS IN QUESTION — TNRCC Flip-Flops About Plans to Exterminate Lubbock Critters
July 30, 2002  HOMELAND SECURITY OF TX PRAIRIE DOGS IN QUESTION — TNRCC Flip-Flops About Plans to Exterminate Lubbock Critters
March 28, 2002  USING INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS TO WRITE POLICY IS PATTERN WITH BUSH — Scores of Examples from Tenure as Texas Governor
July 6, 2000  FISH KILLS MAR TOP BASS FISHERY IN TEXAS — State Lowers Standards Rather Than Order Clean-Up; Vote Due on July 12
June 27, 2000  TEXAS "DUMBS DOWN" POLLUTION STANDARDS — Prohibits Independent Tests for Concrete Plants
June 20, 2000  NUCLEAR DUMP SPROUTS IN WEST TEXAS — Agencies Bend Rules for Big Bush Contributor
June 5, 2000  NUCLEAR DISASTER UNFOLDING IN TEXAS PANHANDLE — Cancer and Contamination at Pantex Plant Compounded by Bureaucratic Errors
May 30, 2000  TEXAS IS #1 IN ENVIRONMENTAL CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTS — Minorities Charge Racism in Enforcement of Pollution Laws
May 25, 2000  TEXAS IS TOO SWINE-FRIENDLY UNDER BUSH — Pig Plants Plague Panhandle
May 5, 2000  TEXAS DROWNING IN ANIMAL WASTE — Chicken Manure as Measure of Environmental Effectiveness
Other PEER Activities for Texas
PEER Campaign: Texas Prairie Dogs

PEER does not have a Texas chapter, but if you would like to start one, let us know.

As a service organization, PEER relies on current or former agency employees to point out issues to work on. If you work for a resource management agency, and you struggle with:

  • political interference with science-based decisions,
  • undue influence of industry into permitting decisions,
  • a management hostile to the conservation views of staff,
  • censorship of job-related opinions, or
    • anti-government threats from your community

PEER can help!
Our job is to deliver the problem to your agency decision-makers and the public while protecting the anonymitiy of the messanger. This may be as simple as a letter from PEER to your supervisor that says, "we're watching," or as complex as a legal challenge to your administration. To see examples of common tactics we've used in other states, check out our agency surveys, white papers and news releases.

As with all of our work, every project is employee directed. That means you call the shots.

For more information, contact PEER at info@peer.org or (202) 265-7337.