PEER, Author at PEER.org - Page 48 of 1047

Honolulu Worker Paid Not To Work For Nearly Five Years

by PEER | July 15, 2025
Kaaa-Swain’s case was the most egregious example identified in Civil Beat’s review of public records, and it is extreme even by national standards. Peter Jenkins, a Maryland-based attorney who has pushed for shorter periods of paid leave for federal employees, said he’s never seen ...

House GOP Wants to Stop a Ban That Would Keep Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Off Food Crops

by PEER |
The provision, introduced as part of a government spending bill unveiled Monday, would bar the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from enforcing the findings from a January risk assessment, which found that the sludge contains dangerous amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( ...

Challenge to Disastrous Santa Susana Cleanup Advances

by PEER | July 14, 2025
Newsom-Boeing Backroom Deal Illegally Condemns Site to Uninhabitability ...

Trump administration yanks $15m in research into PFAS on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’

by PEER | July 11, 2025
The administration’s move is “not just stupid, it’s evil”, said Kyla Bennett, science director with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer), and a former EPA attorney. “Cutting funding into research on how these toxic chemicals get into our food will doom us to ...