On Wednesday, the council heard from PaddleHeads leadership, officials from the artificial turf company and an environmental expert from the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Kyla Bennett, the director of scientific policy for PEER, told the council there ...

“I want EPA to define PFAS broadly, have a comprehensive federal definition that’s consistent with the states and with OECD,” said Kyla Bennett, a former EPA regulator who is now the director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). “And then ...

PEER is proud to be representing several EPA employees who have filed legal challenges to their recent firings for signing a letter of dissent warning that EPA’s actions under this administration were endangering public health and the environment ...

On Wednesday, Yackulic and five other former employees filed legal challenges to their firings with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. They argue their firings are illegal retaliation for perceived political affiliation. These are people who exercised their First Amendment right by ...

Six former EPA staffers who signed an open dissent letter this summer and were later terminated are filing an appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, part of the legal team representing the employees, announced their appeal ...