News Clips

The order appears to violate the Code of Federal Regulations, said Tim Whitehouse, a lawyer and executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The code states that the government cannot require a “forced distribution” of ratings ...

On Wednesday, the council heard from PaddleHeads leadership, officials from the artificial turf company and an environmental expert from the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Kyla Bennett, the director of scientific policy for PEER, told the council there ...

“I want EPA to define PFAS broadly, have a comprehensive federal definition that’s consistent with the states and with OECD,” said Kyla Bennett, a former EPA regulator who is now the director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). “And then ...

On Wednesday, Yackulic and five other former employees filed legal challenges to their firings with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. They argue their firings are illegal retaliation for perceived political affiliation. These are people who exercised their First Amendment right by ...

Six former EPA staffers who signed an open dissent letter this summer and were later terminated are filing an appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, part of the legal team representing the employees, announced their appeal ...

The six former EPA employees, who were among roughly 140 workers who signed a “declaration of dissent” in June, argued their firings were not only an illegal response to exercising their First Amendment rights, but also a form of retaliation for “perceived political affiliation,” ...