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Trump’s ‘Freedom Trucks’ celebrate US 250th anniversary with ‘gift from God’ message

by PEER | June 30, 2026
In May, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued the U.S. Interior Department over the agency’s refusal to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request for documents on Freedom 250 funding and activities. Among the group’s inquiries are reports that federal workers ...

Unions sue over Trump’s efforts to nix federal worker job protections

by PEER | March 4, 2026
The lawsuit was originally filed last year by nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an advocacy group for government whistleblowers, to challenge Trump’s order. The case was stayed pending OPM’s rulemaking. Four unions joined PEER in the amended complaint ...

Fired employees file First Amendment lawsuit against EPA

by PEER | December 3, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which is representing the fired employees, said that the EPA of President Donald Trump has undermined the First Amendment’s free speech protections and has also put the public in danger by removing experienced employees from their ...

Environmental groups join plastic treatment PFAS lawsuit

by PEER | April 27, 2023
U.S. District Judge John Murphy in Philadelphia allowed Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Center for Environmental Health to intervene in the lawsuit on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which sued Inhance Technologies LLC in December, saying the ...

Groups petition US EPA to force reporting of waste incinerator emissions

by PEER | April 3, 2023
 Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require companies to disclose the chemicals discharged from waste incinerators and plants that claim to recycle plastic waste into fuel. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the ...