EPA staffers challenge their terminations over ‘dissent’ letter
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PEER | December 3, 2025
Six staffers who the Trump administration fired after they signed a “Declaration of Dissent” letter have filed claims with the Merit Systems Protection Board, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which is helping to represent the ex-employees. The ...
EPA Employees Challenge Firings for Signing Dissent Letter
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PEER |
Truth Is Not a Fireable Offense for Federal Employees ...
Free Range
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PEER | December 1, 2025
We used geospatial data compiled by the conservation group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility to tell us the land-health status of BLM allotments. The organization obtained the data, which was last updated in December 2023, from the BLM via a public records request. Read the ...
US navy accused of cover-up over dangerous plutonium in San Francisco
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PEER | November 27, 2025
The navy is trying to avoid spending several billion dollars to do a proper clean up, said Jeff Ruch, senior counsel with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility nonprofit, which is involved in litigation at the site. “It’s been one thing after another after another,” ...
Synthetic Turf Proposed for CVU Leads to Environmental Concerns
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PEER | November 26, 2025
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in Massachusetts, said the proposed CVU field should be held to Vermont’s tougher standard for PFAS contamination in water, not soil, and measured in parts per trillion, not billion. That ...