E&E News

Lilly’s acting role has come under fire from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The watchdog group argues that acting titles are meant for career senior officials that step temporarily into posts requiring Senate confirmation. The White House officially nominated Lilly in ...

The National Park Service has carried out at least 100 changes across the country, with more in process, according to a court filing earlier this week, including the removal of an entire exhibit on the enslaved servants of former President George Washington in Philadelphia. PEER’s ...

The NFF is a congressionally chartered foundation that raises private donations to support national forests. Because its official mission is to support the Forest Service, the use of funds from the NFF for anything unrelated to that purpose could subject the foundation to extra scrutiny ...

EPA has rolled out a new approach to reviewing the health risks for existing chemicals, a results-focused, streamlined strategy that advocates warn could skirt necessary public health precautions. An internal training video, obtained and released by watchdog group Public Employees for ...

A longtime Interior Department attorney has landed at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Tony Irish, who served over 20 years at Interior, has joined the watchdog group as a senior counsel, PEER announced Tuesday. He will support legal and investigatory work by the ...