Outgoing Chemical Safety Chair Fires Managing Director

by Susan Sargent | June 25, 2018
Civil Servant Punished for Doing His Job Amidst Shifting Politics and Leadership ...

UNITED STATES: PS complaints tribunal suspended

From: PSNews “Senior Counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Paula Dinerstein said that through its inattention, the White House had caused a merit system train-wreck in which whistleblower protections and other safeguards were functionally nullified. ...

House Democrats Call Upon Zinke To Explain Forced Transfer of Dan Wenk

From: Mountain Journal “In a letter sent to Zinke Friday, June 22, U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman of California, who serves as the Democrat’s vice-ranking member of the committee, wrote, “we are concerned that this particular reassignment, in the context of a pattern of questionable ...

EPA’s Criminal Enforcement Numbers Are Dropping Under Pruitt

by Susan Sargent | June 22, 2018
From: Government Executive “At a time when the Environmental Protection Agency has tripled the number of bodyguards for the administrator, the agency’s cases brought against polluters is in “free fall,” according to a study released on Thursday by the advocacy group Public ...

For Pollinator Week, Help Ban Pesticide Misters in Your State

From: Beyond Pesticides “In 2015, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, detailing false and deceptive claims by manufacturers of pesticide misters. Specifically, PEER noted that manufacturers claim that these ...
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