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Critics raise stink over sewage-sludge fertilizer

by PEER | January 31, 2025
The plaintiffs in the case never applied biosolids on their own properties, said Laura Dumais, a staff attorney with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility who is representing them. Instead, their land was contaminated by runoff from neighbors. “Shortly after this material was ...

Federal workers reeling over Trump’s ‘buyout’ offer: ‘This is the last lifeboat in town’

by PEER | January 30, 2025
Tim Whitehouse, the executive director at the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit that provides legal services to federal workers, said he had been fielding calls on the resignation request since it became public. “The employees we are speaking to view this ...

Watchdog Group Issues Stark Warning for U.S. National Parks

by PEER |
Data released by the National Park Service (NPS) last summer was included in a report by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) that indicates ranger staffing in National Parks is already at its lowest level this century. In 2024, there were 1,200 park rangers across the ...

EPA employees told to pause most external communications and cancel meetings with outside parties

by PEER | January 29, 2025
Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said the communications pause and other Trump administration actions affecting the federal workforce writ large would benefit corporations and individuals who oppose environmental enforcement. “ ...

Maryland’s Renewable Energy Program: More Smoke and Mirrors Than Wind and Solar, New Report Alleges

by PEER |
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

by PEER |
“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 ...
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