US Forest Service Hiring Freeze Could Have Long-Term Impacts

by PEER | December 20, 2024
And it’s not just conservationists who are concerned. Federal employees have pushed back at political claims of government bloat while its employment levels have been static. “Across the board, we are seeing public land agencies being asked to do more with less,” said Chandra ...

One State’s War on Forever Chemicals in Milk

by PEER |
For an agency that seems to just now be finding its stride on regulating PFAS, an industry-friendly administration could spell trouble for the crucial early work. “If I were EPA right now, I would be very worried that [the work on the PFAS risk assessment] would all be scrapped,” says ...

Canyon de Chelly in Arizona will become latest national park unit to ban commercial air tours

by PEER |
Canyon de Chelly is the last of roughly two dozen national park units where the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility had fought for flyover restrictions. Other national parks where such commercial flyovers essentially are or will be banned in coming years include ...

OPM delivers final rule on paid administrative leave, 8 years after law was passed

by PEER | December 19, 2024
The final rule also comes several months after the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed a lawsuit against OPM to try to get the agency to finalize the long-awaited guidance on the Administrative Leave Act. “We like to think that our activism and advocacy and formal ...

Feds Finally Regulate Administrative and Investigative Leave

by PEER | December 17, 2024
PEER Petition and Lawsuit Prompted Move to Enforce 2016 Anti-Limbo Law ...
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