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

by PEER | January 22, 2026
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 ...

One Year After Trump’s Inauguration, the Damage to Environmental Policy Is Unprecedented

by PEER | January 20, 2026
Under Trump’s EPA, restrictions on dangerous chemicals are being loosened and risk assessments are being altered or delayed. Critics say the public will be paying the price with their health. “EPA no longer cares about human health,” Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public ...

Comment – PFAS Data Reporting and Recordkeeping Under TSCA

by PEER | December 29, 2025
Comments on PFAS Data Reporting and Recordkeeping Under the Toxic Substances Control Act ...

Comment – EPA proposal re: Phoenix Mesa NAA 2015 ozone NAAQS

by PEER | December 19, 2025
Comments on the EPA proposal to determine that the Phoenix-Mesa ozone NAA would have attained the 2015 ozone NAAQS by its August 3, 2024, but for emissions emanating from outside the United States ...

COMMENTARY | Building Accountability Back Into Government: Why It’s Essential for the Environment and Public Health

by Tim Whitehouse | December 18, 2025
At PEER, we believe restoring accountability is among the most urgent environmental and public health challenges of our time. It is also a challenge we know how to meet -- if we choose to strengthen, rather than silence, the institutions designed to keep the government honest ...