Trump officials want to cut limits of Pfas in drinking water – what will the impact be?
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PEER | May 15, 2025
Kyla Bennett, the policy director with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and a former EPA scientist, said she suspects the agency and the justice department will, in effect, try to lose the case. “The DOJ could stop defending and do a shitty job and make the court ...
Over One Thousand National Park Sites Open for Mining
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Approval of Mojave Mine May Signal More Mineral Developments in Western Parks ...
Project 2025 Is at the Center of Trump 2.0
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PEER | May 14, 2025
“Even though Project 2025 laid it out, it’s even scarier, I think, in person watching it happen,” Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told Sierra. “I used to work at EPA, and when I talk to people who are still there, they ...
The EPA Is Giving Some Forever Chemicals a Pass
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“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 ...
Group claims EPA bars environmental justice staff from other jobs
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“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 ...