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PEERMail: Water Hypocrisy

by Susan Sargent | April 17, 2019
With cronyism and influence peddling the norm in most government circles, we have been busier than ever. Below, you’ll read about the Trump Administration’s water hypocrisy, how industry giants now rule at Interior, why we are questioning the CDC on cancer, and a small but ...

PEERMail: PFAS Action is Inaction

by Susan Sargent | April 1, 2019
Nowhere are the consequences of the Trump Administration’s purge of scientists and the stacking of government positions with industry lobbyist more apparent than in its handling of calls to regulate PFAS chemicals- or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...

PEERMail: Passing the Torch

by Susan Sargent | March 15, 2019
Dear PEER Members, As all good things come to end, so too has my tenure as PEER Executive Director. It has been my distinct honor and almost unalloyed pleasure to have led PEER since 1997.  The next PEER-Mail you receive will come from our new Executive Director, Tim Whitehouse, a former ...

PEERMail: At EPA Oversight Means Overlook

by Susan Sargent | March 1, 2019
At EPA Oversight Means Overlook In 1969, the Cuyahoga River famously caught fire with flames leaping five stories high billowing plumes of industrial waste. The incident galvanized the environmental movement, leading to enactment of a series of major laws, such as the Clean Water Act in ...

PEERMail: David Bernhardt and the Banality of Evil

by Susan Sargent | February 13, 2019
As disturbing Trump appointees go, Scott Pruitt at EPA is hard to top.  Well, somebody else who has that potential is awaiting confirmation – David Bernhardt as Secretary of Interior ...

PEERMail: Shutdown Lesson for Employees – Stop Being Pawns

by Susan Sargent | January 31, 2019
Shutdown Lesson for Employees – Stop Being Pawns This nightmarish government shutdown ended under a three-week truce as Trump threatens to do it again—for what would be the fourth government shutdown in two years. For federal employees caught in the middle of this ridiculous ...
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