Forest Service Faces Identity Crisis in USDA Overhaul Plan. Again.

by PEER | July 30, 2025
A 2021 survey of BLM workers by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility reported that 87 percent of reassigned employees either retired or quit rather than move. The field offices were staffed largely by new hires who lacked the scientific or experiential backgrounds of the ...

REPORT | 2024 Florida Enforcement Report

by PEER | July 29, 2025
While there was a slight increase in the number of Florida’s environmental enforcement actions in 2024, state records show they are still well below historical averages ...

Webinar | Speaking Up Under Trump: What to Know About Whistleblowing and Free Speech

by PEER |
Watch this webinar to delve into the challenges that government employees now face who work on environmental and natural resource management in the federal government ...

Why Farmers May Be Able to Continue Fertilizing Fields With PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge

by PEER | July 28, 2025
Public health advocates and some Congress members are now mobilizing to kill the rider, which they say is likely illegal because it pre-empts the Clean Water Act. The attempt to kill the risk assessment is “absolutely insane,” said Kyla Bennett, a former EPA attorney who is now science ...
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