EPA eliminates its scientific research arm

by PEER | July 18, 2025
Staffers from the division were notified about the RIF through the public press release, said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Staff were then notified about an all-staff meeting scheduled for Monday. Bennett said the manner in ...

REPORT | Protect Every Park and the Staff Who Steward Them

by PEER | July 16, 2025
Continued cuts jeopardize the Park Service’s core mission to preserve America’s natural and historic treasures “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations ...

Honolulu Worker Paid Not To Work For Nearly Five Years

by PEER | July 15, 2025
Kaaa-Swain’s case was the most egregious example identified in Civil Beat’s review of public records, and it is extreme even by national standards. Peter Jenkins, a Maryland-based attorney who has pushed for shorter periods of paid leave for federal employees, said he’s never seen ...

House GOP Wants to Stop a Ban That Would Keep Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Off Food Crops

by PEER |
The provision, introduced as part of a government spending bill unveiled Monday, would bar the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from enforcing the findings from a January risk assessment, which found that the sludge contains dangerous amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( ...
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