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In their letter, PEER and the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks called out Interior Secretary Doug Burgum for poor leadership. “Under Secretary Burgum’s watch, NPS management appears willing to discard transparent standards, override professional judgment, and ...

Kyla Bennett, director of science policy for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told the council that no proper analysis has shown the existence of PFAs-free turf. Even if the turf did not have PFAs, its microplastics would contaminate soils and water, Bennett said. Read ...

The order appears to violate the Code of Federal Regulations, said Tim Whitehouse, a lawyer and executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The code states that the government cannot require a “forced distribution” of ratings ...

On Wednesday, the council heard from PaddleHeads leadership, officials from the artificial turf company and an environmental expert from the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Kyla Bennett, the director of scientific policy for PEER, told the council there ...

“I want EPA to define PFAS broadly, have a comprehensive federal definition that’s consistent with the states and with OECD,” said Kyla Bennett, a former EPA regulator who is now the director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). “And then ...

On Wednesday, Yackulic and five other former employees filed legal challenges to their firings with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. They argue their firings are illegal retaliation for perceived political affiliation. These are people who exercised their First Amendment right by ...