E&E News

Six former EPA staffers who signed an open dissent letter this summer and were later terminated are filing an appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, part of the legal team representing the employees, announced their appeal ...

The five Texas farmers who originally brought the lawsuit said the spread of PFAS from biosolids has harmed their animals’ health and severely limited their abilities to grow crops. The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Potomac Riverkeeper Network joined the ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility claims Clark’s role as acting administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs now runs afoul of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. If Clark’s appointment is deemed invalid, his actions in office — and many of the ...

The officials “are improperly using titles and issuing regulatory decisions and other actions stating they are the ‘acting’ officials in positions that require Senate confirmation,” said Timothy Whitehouse, PEER’s executive director, in the letter. Whitehouse asked Interior to ...

At the same time, law enforcement ranks for all parks have been in precipitous decline. Since 2010, the number of park law enforcement positions has fallen by 48 percent, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit watchdog group. Read the PEER Story… ...