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LETTER | Tell Congress to Prioritize People Over Chemical Companies

by PEER | March 17, 2026
Letter calling on the House of Representatives to reject provisions in the Farm Bill draft that grant chemical companies legal immunity and undermine the authority of local governments to protect their residents from harmful chemicals ...

Letter re: Pesticide Provisions in Farm Bill

by PEER | March 2, 2026
Letter to Senate and House Agriculture Committees from 85 conservation groups opposing pesticide provisions in Farm Bill ...

Are drugmakers talking to us or Trump when they pledge new NC factories?

by PEER | January 23, 2026
Within a six-month span last year, the EPA said it cut the number of rodents at its newly formed Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions from 466 down to 41. In place of mammals, the agency promotes emerging New Approach Methods like computer modeling and in vitro diagnostics ...

Watchdog warns of ‘collapse’ in environmental enforcement

by PEER | January 22, 2026
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said in a report released Thursday there is a “collapse of environmental civil enforcement” across programs designed to clean up air pollution, dirty water and toxic waste. Since his return to office, President Donald Trump has rallied ...

Corporate Polluters Running Rampant Under Trump as EPA Enforcement ‘Dying a Quick Death’

by PEER |
In the report, The Collapse of Environmental Enforcement Under Trump’s EPA, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) noted Thursday that in the first year of former President Joe Biden’s administration, 71 cases referred by the EPA were prosecuted by the US Department ...

REPORT | The Collapse of Environmental Enforcement Under Trump’s EPA

by PEER |
The Department of Justice settled just 15 of the cases referred by EPA for civil prosecution in the year since President Trump’s second inauguration ...