TAKE ACTION | Protect America’s Farms and Food
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PEER | July 22, 2025
Letter calling on the House of Representatives to remove Section 507 from the Interior & Environment Appropriations Bill and allow EPA to complete and act on its Risk Assessment for PFAS in sludge ...
EPA is closing its research and development office as part of a major agency cut-down
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PEER | July 21, 2025
“EPA deals with climate change issues in virtually everything that they do,” says Kyla Bennett, the director of science policy for the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The EPA’s research and development office houses work like the Air, Climate ...
Trump administration shuts down EPA’s scientific research arm
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PEER | July 20, 2025
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy for the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), said eliminating the ORD “will not only cripple EPA’s ability to do its own research, but also to apply the research of other scientists. This [reduction in ...
EPA eliminates its scientific research arm
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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 ...
HUD’s Plan to Weaken Flood Protections on Hold—for Now
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PEER | July 17, 2025
After Texas Floods, Rollback Of 500-Year Standard Is Paused ...