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EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees

by Associated Press | March 18, 2025
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the research office’s work is supposed to be uniquely protected from politics. It provides essential science, such as risk assessments for chemicals that pose health threats. The office, ...

National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers

by Associated Press | February 21, 2025
“There’s no real staffing plan. It’s chaotic, and there’s no leadership from the secretary of the Interior,’’ said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Burgum “needs to step up and make sure these parks are ...

Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come

by Associated Press | February 13, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that defends government workers, said the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service would be hit especially hard by laying off probationary employees because it has trouble recruiting inspectors required to be ...

Canyon de Chelly in Arizona will become latest national park unit to ban commercial air tours

by Associated Press | December 20, 2024
Canyon de Chelly is the last of roughly two dozen national park units where the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility had fought for flyover restrictions. Other national parks where such commercial flyovers essentially are or will be banned in coming years include ...

Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. None are stricter than at Mount Rushmore

by Associated Press | December 4, 2023
Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenity of some of the most beloved natural areas in the United States. “Mostly, the plans have been pretty ...
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