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A new ally in enviros’ fight against artificial turf: Swifties

by PEER | October 17, 2023
“Taylor Swift is a powerful voice given her popularity, and she uses her platform to raise awareness and spark change,” said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, who has advocated against plastic athletic fields being ...

New Superintendent of Appalachian Trail Has Record Of Fiscal Misconduct

by PEER |
Just five years after an Interior Department investigation determined then-Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Ed Clark had “committed criminal violations by submitting false travel vouchers and by accepting more than $23,000 in meals, lodging, and other in-kind gifts ...

Trans-Alaska Pipeline: Gaping Climate Blind Spot

by PEER | October 16, 2023
No Federal Assessments of Climate Change Impacts Upon or From Pipeline ...

Letter to DOI Inspector General – Wildlife Funding vs. Timber Harvest

by PEER | October 12, 2023
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Department of Interior Inspector General regarding misallocation of Pittman-Robertson and Dingell Johnson Funding in Minnesota TO: Inspector General Mark Greenblatt FROM: Tim Whitehouse, PEER DATE: October 12, 2023 TAGS: Pittman-Robertson, Minnesota, Wildlife ...

Paid administrative leave still plagues the federal workforce

by PEER | October 11, 2023
We’ve had several clients who were put on extended administrative leave without any guidelines, any boundaries on that administrative leave. In a prominent case, we represented a former managing director of an agency who was put on leave by his agency, paid for three years, which was ...