Trump boosts political control over top-tier federal workers
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PEER | January 24, 2025
Likewise, Peter Jenkins, senior counsel at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, called Trump’s move “mean-spirited” and a “power grab” by the president that “will be counter-productive for the effectiveness of the nation’s top career civil servants.” Jenkins ...
Trump puts industry insiders in charge of overseeing chemical safety
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PEER | January 23, 2025
Beck will be joined by Dekleva, who also previously worked for the American Chemistry Council and DuPont and will serve as the deputy assistant administrator. Dekleva did not respond to a request for comment. Kyla Bennett, the director of science policy at Public Employees for ...
Trump declared a “national energy emergency.” Experts say it’s a “farce”
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PEER | January 22, 2025
Dr. Kyla Bennett, the director of science policy for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), told Salon that there is an inextricable link between the science of climate change and the economics of rising prices. “Higher temperatures, floods and droughts — all ...
Alaska Is Set to Kill Hundreds of Bears and Wolves With Aerial Gunning
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PEER | January 21, 2025
The renewed program would permit hunters to kill up to 80 percent of the wolf and black bear populations along with 60 percent of brown bears, The Guardian reported. This polarizing practice is intended to help increase the number of caribou and moose in Alaska. Proponents of aerial ...
Alaska to resume ‘barbaric’ shooting of bears and wolves from helicopters
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PEER | January 20, 2025
“The amount of tourist dollars from people seeking to view these predators in the wild dwarfs any incremental increase in hunting fee revenue the state hopes to realize,” said Peer executive director Tim Whitehouse. Read the PEER Story… ...
Trump Targeted Scientists in His First Term. This Time, They’re Prepared.
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PEER | January 17, 2025
“The inspector generals have provided a much better avenue for serious inquiries into scientific integrity violations because they actually have investigatory powers and they’re not afraid to take on political leaders,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for ...