This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness
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PEER | May 18, 2025
Already, the National Park Service has about one employee for every 17,000 visitors, said Timothy Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “They’re breaking the system,” he said. “They’re traumatizing the workforce.” Many worry ...
Trump officials want to cut limits of Pfas in drinking water – what will the impact be?
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PEER | May 15, 2025
Kyla Bennett, the policy director with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and a former EPA scientist, said she suspects the agency and the justice department will, in effect, try to lose the case. “The DOJ could stop defending and do a shitty job and make the court ...
Trump administration to stop US research on space pollution, in boon to Elon Musk
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PEER | May 7, 2025
“Obviously there’s political motivation, and Elon Musk’s business interests are tied up in Noaa’s work,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility non-profit, which has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for emails ...
Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US
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PEER | May 2, 2025
The targeted centers are part of a larger network, and the Trump administration based its decision to make cuts on leases near expiration, not scientific reasoning, said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility non-profit that is ...
DOGE cuts allow Musk to cash in with SpaceX and Starlink contracts, ex-workers warn
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PEER | March 25, 2025
A new emergency Freedom of Information Act request for communications among Noaa offices and Doge in part seeks to shine some light on those questions. The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) request noted that privatization of the agency has long been a goal of the ...