Trump Is Using the Shutdown to Supercharge His War on Equity

by PEER | October 9, 2025
Trump has made clear that he cares little about any unequal fallout from the government shutdown. As he sent National Guard troops into Democratic cities across the country, Trump was asked about a White House memo threatening to deny backpay to the hundreds of thousands of furloughed ...

Trump administration acts on majority of industry wish list

by PEER |
Tim Whitehouse, the executive director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), said the moves by the EPA show who the agency is serving. “The whole chemical industry has had a stranglehold for a long time on the EPA,” he said. Read the PEER Story… ...

The Shutdown’s Climate Bait and Switch

by PEER | October 8, 2025
“I think the lesson we need to learn from the first nine months of the Trump administration is that when they say things, they mean it,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, speaking about the proposed additional layoffs at ...

Webinar | Environmental Protection, Public Service, and the Rise of Authoritarianism

by PEER | October 7, 2025
Listen in on an important, engaging and interactive discussion on the threats to environmental protection and public employees during the rise of authoritarianism and explore how we in the environmental movement can be more effective in our work ...
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