“EPA has one mission: to protect human health and the environment,” says Kyla Bennett, a director of science policy at the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “This flies in the face of their mission and everything they’re supposed to stand for.” Read ...

“Our understanding is that employees on administrative leave are denied access to email (where positions are often advertised internally) and hiring systems such as Talent Hub where open position descriptions are posted and through which candidates may apply,” Laura Dumais, staff ...

In these difficult times, we are fighting to protect the rule of law, helping public employees tell their stories, countering misinformation with truths, and working with our allies to create the conditions necessary for change ...

Listen to the stories of federal workers impacted by the Trump administration's and EPA’s plans to shut down all 11 environmental justice offices ...

Smith stepped down in the fall of 2019 under curious circumstances that led Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility to charge that Smith was given a sweetheart deal to allow Vela to return as acting NPS director. The deal allowed Smith to live in North Carolina and work from ...