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The unit’s intensive management plan in the past has called for the removal of 60% of brown bears and 60% to 80% of black bears, though state officials say they have no immediate plans to kill bears now. Critics of the proposal, including Alaska Wildlife Alliance and Public Employees for ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is engaged with the federal government on many fronts and emphasizes that it fully supports the transition to renewable energy and decarbonization. “We believe our federal government is capable of achieving these goals the right ...

And it’s not just conservationists who are concerned. Federal employees have pushed back at political claims of government bloat while its employment levels have been static. “Across the board, we are seeing public land agencies being asked to do more with less,” said Chandra ...

For an agency that seems to just now be finding its stride on regulating PFAS, an industry-friendly administration could spell trouble for the crucial early work. “If I were EPA right now, I would be very worried that [the work on the PFAS risk assessment] would all be scrapped,” says ...

Canyon de Chelly is the last of roughly two dozen national park units where the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility had fought for flyover restrictions. Other national parks where such commercial flyovers essentially are or will be banned in coming years include ...

The final rule also comes several months after the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed a lawsuit against OPM to try to get the agency to finalize the long-awaited guidance on the Administrative Leave Act. “We like to think that our activism and advocacy and formal ...