At EPA, Staffing Crisis Clashes with Expanded Mission
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Susan Sargent | February 15, 2023
Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit that is campaigning with AFGE in Washington this week, said that in addition to helping the U.S. achieve its climate goals, an expanded workforce would allow the EPA to more ...
Biden’s New Policy to Protect Federal Scientists May Lack Teeth to Prevent Retaliation
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Susan Sargent | February 6, 2023
The framework forms a subcommittee on scientific integrity—made up of career officials—within the National Science Technology Council, creates metrics against which agencies should track their policies and standardizes definitions across the government. To Public Employees for ...
Experts to Congress: Restore EPA Enforcement Staffing and Funding for Environmental Justice
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Susan Sargent | July 25, 2022
“The administration is trying to reorient its focus, but it needs the tools to do that,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a former senior attorney for EPA’s enforcement division. “It needs the enforcement officers, ...
GovExec Daily: Empowering Employees Will Help Conservation Efforts
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Susan Sargent | April 19, 2022
Lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, predominantly in the Western United States, cover nearly 250 million acres or about 10% of the land in the U.S. But, conserving public lands depends on the White House empowering federal employees at the land management agencies. Chandra ...
Op-Ed | The Success of Biden’s America the Beautiful Plan Hinges on Empowering Federal Employees
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Chandra Rosenthal | April 6, 2022
With lofty proclamations and admirable ambition, the Biden administration set its sights on preserving 30% of American lands and waters by 2030. In order to meet the goals of its America the Beautiful plan, which is part of the worldwide “30 by 30” conservation initiative, the ...
