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Director of Science Policy; Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Director

Kyla first became involved with PEER in the mid-1990s when she became a whistleblower herself. She previously worked at the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 for 10 years as a wetland permit reviewer and as the Region’s Wetlands Enforcement Coordinator. Kyla’s familiarity with science, the law, and the inner workings of state and federal governmental agencies enable her to assist public environmental employees throughout New England. She has a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Connecticut and a law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.

COMMENTARY | Science or Scam – NOAA Fisheries Gaslighting

by Guest Contributor | July 23, 2024
We keep hearing that we should "follow the science." Sometimes, though, scams are coated in scientific veneer ...

COMMENTARY | Project 2025: Wingnut Wing Flapping

by Jeff Ruch |
The realities of a second Trump term are scary enough without the need to spend time worrying about boogeymen conjured up by the Heritage Foundation ...

COMMENTARY | EPA Lacks a PFAS Containment Strategy

by Tim Whitehouse | July 17, 2024
To stop the forever chemical crisis, EPA must interrupt the flow of PFAS reaching our water, soil, and food chain every day ...

COMMENTARY | America’s Ailing Overgrazed Rangelands

The latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management paint a bleak picture of the ecological health of America’s public rangelands ...

COMMENTARY | Trump’s Enemies List: Dismantling the Civil Service

by Peter Jenkins | July 10, 2024
If elected, Donald Trump will likely pick up where he left off – going after the federal merit system founded more than 140 years ago ...

COMMENTARY | EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires

by Kyla Bennett | July 5, 2024
EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires This commentary was originally published in the Summer 2024 edition of PEEReview. In a misguided effort to protect its reputation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) knowingly issued false statements that pesticides it ...
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