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Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock

by My Paris Texas | March 20, 2025
“Some people are saying, [PFAS contamination] are isolated incidents. No, they’re not. I guarantee that this is a problem in every single state that uses biosolids,” said Kyla Bennett, a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employee who is now a science policy director for the ...

EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees

by Associated Press | March 18, 2025
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the research office’s work is supposed to be uniquely protected from politics. It provides essential science, such as risk assessments for chemicals that pose health threats. The office, ...

NOAA employees reinstated but remain on leave

by E&E News | March 17, 2025
It is unclear how many federal employees received the letter, which was first reported to POLITICO’s E&E News by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which is advising more than 120 terminated staffers. A copy of the letter was shared with E&E News by PEER and a ...

Fired Federal Environmental Staff Back on Payroll, but Not Back to Work

by Newsweek |
Tim Whitehouse, executive director at another nonprofit group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the organization has been in touch with hundreds of terminated employees who have been informed that they are being placed on administrative leave. “They are getting ...

Judge rules federal job cuts ‘unlawful’

by High Country News | March 14, 2025
Alsup used nearly the same language Thursday morning. Ahead of the hearing, the plaintiffs had sought an injunction against an expanded list of defendants that included all 23 federal agencies that dismissed probationary staff. Alsup applied his ruling to the departments of Veteran Affairs ...

NLRB Atty Says Agency Stifled Her Over Park Advocacy

by Law360 | March 12, 2025
McConnell told Law360 on Wednesday that while the events underlying her complaint arose under formerPresident Jos Biden, her censure hands “a dangerous weapon” to President Donald Trump and adviserElon Musk as they mount “shameful attacks on public servants.” “ ...
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