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Forest Service to close Ely, Grand Rapids research facilities

by PEER | April 2, 2026
In a news release, The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, said the USDA’s move to close these research facilities “abandons science.” “Scientific research is vital to the successful management of our nation’s forests,” PEER Western Lands and Rocky ...

Trump EPA punished dissenters despite ‘legal risk‘ warning

by PEER |
Joanna Citron Day, general counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said Nichols’ analysis that the letter was protected speech is “a stunning admission” by the agency. “It is disheartening. It is shocking. It is horrific,” Citron Day said. “It is our ...

Lands used for livestock grazing in health spiral, greens say

by PEER | March 27, 2026
The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility highlighted the declining health of rangelands in a new analysis Thursday based on data compiled by the Bureau of Land Management. “These numbers reveal a landscape under pressure,” Chandra Rosenthal, PEER’s Western ...

Trump EPA relied on industry science to weaken formaldehyde cancer rules, documents show

by PEER |
“The [formaldehyde] regulatory changes are happening at Beck and Dekleva’s direction, with their direct oversight and supervision, and with their approval of the final language,” said Kyla Bennett, a former EPA scientist now with the Public Employees for Responsibility non-profit. It ...

As Rangeland Health Declines, BLM Stops Monitoring

by PEER | March 26, 2026
It appears that the Trump administration no longer wants to monitor the health of these landscapes, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Statistics compiled from scientific assessments by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) show that the percentage of ...

100 days to 250 years, with 350 million invited

by PEER |
America250 has received nearly $80 million from Congress since fiscal 2019, including $15 million in each of the past four years, according to the group’s latest annual report, and the Republican budget reconciliation law known as the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” allocated $150 million ...