‘Wholesale destruction’: Government shutdown or not, critical science programs are at risk
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PEER | September 29, 2025
Organizations that represent the interests of public workers have been more explicit: “The plan to exploit a shutdown to purge federal workers is illegal, unconstitutional, and deeply disturbing,” Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental ...
Guest Column: BLM’s wild horse program needs reform
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PEER | November 29, 2021
Two organizations, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Western Watersheds Project, have both used the BLM’s own data to show that it is livestock, not horses, that are responsible for damaging our public lands. It’s revealing that the BLM pushed the narrative that the ...