Civil society is coming to the rescue of the civil service

by PEER | February 5, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which supports public employees whose work involves the environment, natural resources, and public health, are trying to help workers one at a time. “We’re getting inundated with calls from public employees about how to address ...

Trump to Place at Least 100 EPA Environmental-Justice Workers on Leave

by PEER |
Employees on administrative leave are still on salary and get benefits. Federal agencies are only allowed to place employees on administrative leave for 10 days in a calendar year, according to Peter Jenkins, senior counsel at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. It is ...

Trump Is Targeting Key Environmental Employees Who Help Prosecute Polluters

by PEER |
“I think we’re going to see a breakdown across the whole system, where the federal agencies will be referring very few cases to the Department of Justice, and then there’ll be issues at the Department of Justice with carrying out the enforcement of these actions that the agencies ...
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