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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.

Comment – EPA Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements – 2-2-2024 (PDF)

by | February 2, 2024
DESCRIPTION: Written comments regarding proposed lead and copper rule improvements TO: Environmental Protection Agency FROM: PEER DATE: February 2, 2024 TAGS: EPA, lead, copper       ...

New Integrity Rules Differ on Allowable Scientist Speech 

by | February 1, 2024
Agencies Range from Bans on Policy Discussion to “Open Discourse” Pledges ...

Op-Ed | Why is EPA Considering Lethal Pesticides for Florida Citrus?

by | January 29, 2024
Originally published in and reprinted with permission of The Orlando Sentinel. Why is EPA Considering Lethal Pesticides for Florida Citrus? Few pesticides have raised more red flags across the world in recent years than an insecticide called aldicarb. This neurotoxic poison is a notorious ...

EPA’s Latest Scientific Integrity Plan – Big Hat, No Cattle

by | January 22, 2024
No Implementing Rules to Enforce or Administer Lofty Rhetorical Standards ...

COMMENTARY | Rooting PFAS Out of Our Food Chain

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Culminating three years of legal and advocacy work, the EPA issued an order prohibiting Inhance Technologies from producing PFAS during fluorination ...
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