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Doug Burgum is charging Interior Department agencies a premium to subsume their employees

by PEER | November 19, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has issued a Freedom of Information Act request to solicit information on Interior’s reorganization and what the fee structure looks like and recently filed a lawsuit after failing to get a timely response. Jeff Ruch, PEER’s senior ...

Watchdog weighs lawsuit against White House regs boss

by PEER | November 18, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility claims Clark’s role as acting administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs now runs afoul of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. If Clark’s appointment is deemed invalid, his actions in office — and many of the ...

Environmental groups, Democrats warn EPA delays put drinking water at risk

by PEER | November 14, 2025
Environmental advocates also accuse the EPA of ignoring clear scientific evidence. Kyla Bennett, a former EPA scientist who now works with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said PFAS exposure can cause developmental issues in children, obesity, cholesterol problems and ...

Lawsuit claims feds defied court order halting work in contested Wyoming oilfield

by PEER | November 13, 2025
The drilling plan, promoted by Devon, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Occidental Petroleum Corp., Northwoods Energy and EOG Resources, Inc., ran into trouble at the beginning when a BLM whistleblower claimed the agency was dismissing worries about migrating and nesting raptors. The BLM fired him ...

Shrinking Trump’s tsunami of propaganda

by PEER | November 3, 2025
Vance and Trump may also be prosecuted under the Appropriations Rider – but can easily get around penalties, by restricting their propaganda to free or privately-funded propaganda. David Warrington, White House Counsel, advises Trump on legal and ethical matters. However, Russel Vought, ...

Congress leads reversal of land use rules amid BLM director questions

by PEER |
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which filed a challenge of Pendley’s tenure in 2020, sent a letter Friday to the Interior Department expressing concern that the various BLM acting heads, including Groffy, don’t satisfy the requirements of the law that outlines who ...
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