Group claims EPA bars environmental justice staff from other jobs
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PEER | May 14, 2025
“Our understanding is that employees on administrative leave are denied access to email (where positions are often advertised internally) and hiring systems such as Talent Hub where open position descriptions are posted and through which candidates may apply,” Laura Dumais, staff ...
Traveler’s View | Will There Be A National Park Service Director?
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PEER | May 13, 2025
Smith stepped down in the fall of 2019 under curious circumstances that led Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility to charge that Smith was given a sweetheart deal to allow Vela to return as acting NPS director. The deal allowed Smith to live in North Carolina and work from ...
Pollution Related To Space Is Getting Worse As Trump And Musk Target Research And Regulations
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PEER | May 12, 2025
There have been some studies quantifying the pollution of launches and the potential impact of burning satellites on the higher portions of the atmosphere and the ozone layer. But it’s preliminary work and more research is needed. This is why the timing of funding cuts is the worst ...
National Park Service To Be Hit With 1,500 Additional Layoffs And Deep Budget Cuts, Reports Say
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PEER | May 8, 2025
Maybe. A week after the February layoffs, and following a swell of public backlash, the park service announced it would hire up to 7,700 seasonal positions this year, more than the three-year average of 6,350 seasonal workers it normally hires. “There are just a lot of unknowns about ...
Their Cows Started Dying Mysteriously. Lawmakers Are Taking Notice.
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PEER | May 7, 2025
With the help of Ames, the couples have been able to test their soil and tissue from some of the deceased animals. They sent samples to Kyla Bennett at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental-protection nonprofit that serves as a resource for whistleblowers. ...
Trump administration to stop US research on space pollution, in boon to Elon Musk
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“Obviously there’s political motivation, and Elon Musk’s business interests are tied up in Noaa’s work,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility non-profit, which has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for emails ...