From January 2025 to January 2026, the EPA filed just one major Clean Air Act consent decree, a legal tool that forces companies to fix violations and pay penalties. That’s down from 26 cases during President Donald Trump’s first term and 22 during President Joe Biden’s ...

“This administration is targeting Dr. Joslin because it wants to scare people into silence,” said Joanna Citron Day, general counsel at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, adding that Joslin “exercised their First Amendment rights and is being punished to send a ...

To determine whether an employee’s speech is protected, there is often a balancing test between an individual’s rights and disruption to agency operations. The speech also must be made in the employee’s capacity as a private citizen on a matter of public concern, which Joslin’s ...

Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Free Speech and Other Rights ...

PEER will continue to shine a light on attempts to use federal agencies and taxpayer funds for political interests rather than the public good ...