COMMENTARY | Testimony on Freedom 250 and the Lack of Transparency in America’s Semiquincentennial
Last week, I testified before the House Natural Resources Committee about the growing role of Freedom 250, a private, Trump-aligned company, in planning the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations. My testimony followed reports that the Department of the...Comment – Proposed Clean Water Act Section 401 Rule
DESCRIPTION: Comments on EPA Clean Water Act Section 401 proposal updating the Water Quality Certification Regulations TO: Lauren Kasparek, Environmental Protection Agency, Oceans, Wetlands, and Communities Division, Office of Water FROM: Alabama Rivers Alliance;...Letter re: Upper Price River Watershed Act of 2025
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee opposing S.3004, the Upper Price River Watershed Act of 2025 TO: Chairman Mike Lee, Ranking Member Martin Heinrich, and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Members FROM: C 4Ever Green;...VIDEO | Testimony Before the House Natural Resources Committee (Feb 10, 2026)
House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations February 10, 2026 PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources at an oversight hearing titled All in for America250: Public-Private...PEERMail | PEER sues EPA, New Additions and More
This is a tough time to be a federal employee. The atmosphere at environmental, public lands, and public health agencies has become toxic, with employees enduring more than a year of inflammatory, insulting, untrue, and shockingly partisan attacks from their political...PEER Sues EPA After Agency Fails to Produce Evidence to Back up Zeldin’s Defamatory Remarks Against EPA Staff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 4, 2026 Contact: Colleen Zimmerman (202) 464-2293 [email protected] Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] PEER Sues EPA After Agency Fails to Produce Evidence to Back up Zeldin’s Defamatory Remarks Against EPA...Webinar | Public Employees, Free Speech, and the Rise of Authoritarianism
Public Employees, Free Speech, and the Rise of Authoritarianism: Why it Matters for the Environment Over the past several decades, the government has increasingly sought to restrict government employees’ free speech rights and to close pathways through which...Government Lawyer and Investigator Aaron Lloyd Joins PEER as Senior Counsel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 29, 2026 Contact: Joanna Citron Day, (240) 247-3081, [email protected] Tim Whitehouse, (240) 247-0299, [email protected] Government Lawyer and Investigator Aaron Lloyd Joins PEER as Senior Counsel Washington, DC —...Trump admin clips EPA oversight amid deregulatory blitz
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Are drugmakers talking to us or Trump when they pledge new NC factories?
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Watchdog warns of ‘collapse’ in environmental enforcement
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Corporate Polluters Running Rampant Under Trump as EPA Enforcement ‘Dying a Quick Death’
From: Common Dreams
PEERMail | Free Speech, Moving Money Off the Books, and More
As the current Trump administration enters its second year, our work continues to unfold at a rapid pace. One growing area of PEER’s work is protecting the free speech rights of public employees. To explore this issue, we invite you to join us on January 29th at 2pm...REPORT | The Collapse of Environmental Enforcement Under Trump’s EPA
Report Summary The Department of Justice settled just 15 of the cases referred by the Environmental Protection Agency for civil prosecution in the year since President Trump’s second inauguration. That is far below the 71 concluded during the first full year of...Under EPA’s Zeldin, Pollution Enforcement Dying a Quick Death
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 22, 2026 Contact: Kaylee Rodriguez, (240) 657-0994, [email protected] Joanna Citron Day, (240) 247-3081, [email protected] Under EPA’s Zeldin, Pollution Enforcement Dying a Quick Death Department of Justice Civil Pollution...One Year After Trump’s Inauguration, the Damage to Environmental Policy Is Unprecedented
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