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Whistleblowers Serve a Vital Function. Governments Should Treat Them Better.

by Susan Sargent | April 29, 2022
The reason that Manata’s story is repeated all over the country is because state and local governments are not hospitable places for whistleblowing. This is due in part to an incoherent mosaic of state laws purporting to protect whistleblowers. According to a compilation of ...

PFAS Definitions Spur Group’s Lawsuit Seeking EPA Documents

by Susan Sargent | April 28, 2022
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility asked a federal district court Thursday to compel the EPA to turn over agency records that could offer insight into the rationale behind the chemical office’s PFAS definition. PEER’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint alleges ...

Forest Service takes the lead in e-bike access

by Susan Sargent | April 27, 2022
Ultimately, the legality of e-bikes on public lands is likely to be settled in the courts. A decision is expected soon in a lawsuit seeking to block the NPS e-bike policy filed by the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Judge Rudolph Contreras of the ...

Trump firing policy still on the books at Interior, DOE

by Susan Sargent | April 26, 2022
The Interior Department has kept a strict Trump-era firing policy in place, something critics say contradicts President Joe Biden’s order to protect the federal workforce. The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, has called on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland ...

State Department criticized over foreign research vessel issues

by Susan Sargent | April 24, 2022
A statement released in mid-April by PEER contends that the State Department is approving this foreign vessel research without requiring that these vessels get the same permits domestic researchers must or monitoring their activities. PEER noted the largest recorded beaching of rare Bering ...

Turf Opponents Urge Planning Board to Require Grass Fields

by Susan Sargent | April 23, 2022
“The number of environmental groups that have weighed in support of it is zero,” Mr. Houser said.An environmental advocacy group, VCS has opposed the artificial turf project at hearings and in its Conservation Almanac, a regular newsletter. Mr. Houser took note of recent events on ...
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