Peter Copeland
Editor and General Manager
Peter Copeland is the editor and general manager of Scripps Howard News Service and the Washington bureau chief for the E.W. Scripps Company. Since 1917, the Washington bureau has covered the nation and the world for Scripps Howard newspapers and broadcast television stations and hundreds of media clients around the world.
Copeland began his career at the City News Bureau of Chicago, worked at the El Paso Herald-Post, was the Scripps Howard correspondent in Latin America based in Mexico City, and came to Washington in 1989. He covered the Pentagon, including the U.S. invasion of Panama, the first Gulf War and the intervention in Somalia, before becoming news editor, managing editor and then editor in 1999.
Pressure at the Pump
SHNS' Isaac Wolf reports on an independent lab test of national gasoline brands for detergent additives, which affect the health of vehicle engines and environment; some automotive and fuel experts contend the Environmental Protection Agency's minimum standard is outdated.
Crucial or Cruel?
Tens of millions of animals are still sacrificed to biomedical research projects in labs across America each year. Scientists say the studies have to go on to find cures; animal protectionists say much of the work is dubious, but all sides agree better and cheaper technology needs to be found.
