U.S. Interior Secretary’s National Park Staff Shake-Up Leads To Higher Costs And Job Cuts In A “Profound Degree Of Maladministration”

by PEER | April 23, 2026
On June 6, PEER submitted a formal request seeking information about this massive reorganization. While the Interior Department shared some documents, these were “highly redacted” and “fragmentary” and did not include the requested information. This led PEER to file ...

Reorganization Of Interior Has Not Produced Promised Results, Says PEER

by PEER | April 22, 2026
Through a letter obtained using the Freedom of Information Act, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has discovered that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s reorganization of the agency a year ago has failed to produce the promised efficiencies. Burgum had insisted that ...

Massive Interior Reorg Fails to Show Promised Savings

by PEER |
Agency Has No Records of “Significant Efficiencies” from Restructuring ...

PFAS Detected in Widely Used Herbicide, Prompting Public Health and Environmental Concerns

by PEER | April 21, 2026
Laboratory reports commissioned by PEER found PFHxS (perfluorohexanesulfonic acid), PFHxA (perfluorohexanoic acid), PFBS (perfluorobutanesulfonic acid), and PFOS (perfluorooctanesulfonic acid) in all twelve samples of Rejuvra™ tested. [1] The herbicide’s active ingredient is ...

Comment – FCC approval for Blue Origin orbital data center satellites

by PEER | April 20, 2026
Comments objecting the Federal Communications Commission's approval for over fifty thousand Blue Origin orbital data center satellites ...