Maryland’s Renewable Energy Program: More Smoke and Mirrors Than Wind and Solar, New Report Alleges
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PEER | January 29, 2025
Instead, it has stalled the growth of Maryland’s renewable energy sector, undermined the transition to fossil-free electricity and funneled billions in public subsidies to out-of-state energy producers with significant consequences for the environment and ratepayers, according to the ...
‘Paranoia and distrust’: How Trump’s mass firing of government watchdogs will affect climate policy
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“All of the checks and balances have been stripped,” said Kyla Bennett, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that offers pro bono assistance to whistleblowers within federal agencies. Federal employees, she added, “can’t ...
LAWSUIT: Trump’s executive order to fire government workers is illegal
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PEER | January 28, 2025
Trump’s order, nearly identical to his previous Schedule F executive order in 2020, would lay the groundwork to convert a huge percentage of the federal civil service from employees who can only be fired for cause to at-will employees who can be fired for any reason at all ...
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Effort To Wipe Out Civil Service Protections
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President Trump’s move to eliminate civil service protections for a wide number of federal employees was challenged in federal court Tuesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which maintained the effort exceeds the president’s authority. Under the president ...
Get ready for a dizzying debate on energy policy
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PEER | January 27, 2025
A study released last week from a national government watchdog group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, suggested that design flaws in the RPS “are undermining the state’s transition to clean electricity and imposing significant costs on Maryland ratepayers.” ...