FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Contact: Joanna Citron Day (240) 247-3081 [email protected] EPA Employees Challenge Firings for Signing Dissent Letter Truth Is Not a Fireable Offense for Federal Employees Washington, DC — Today, six former...
With the government now reopened, it is worth taking a moment—in this season of gratitude and reflection—to recognize the extraordinary public servants who keep this country running. After over a month of upheaval, uncertainty, and political brinkmanship, millions of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected]; Laura Dumais (202) 792-1277 [email protected] Adverse Court Decision in Toxic Sewage Sludge Case Now on Appeal Decision Would Let EPA Indefinitely Delay...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Hill Appropriators regarding passage of full FY 2026 appropriations and funding for NOAA TO: Chairwoman Susan Collins, Ranking Member Patty Murray, Chairman Tom Cole, and Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro FROM: Friends of NOAA (American Association of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Contact: Peter Jenkins, 202.265.4189; [email protected] New Letter To OMB Director Vought Warns that OIRA Chief Jeffrey Clark’s “Acting” Role Is Illegal And Actions He Has Taken Are In Jeopardy This Is the Latest...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 17, 2025 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Interior Secretary Grabs Unparalleled Staff and Functions Office of Secretary Nearly Triples in 9 Months to 3rd Largest Interior Bureau Washington, DC —...
Although the longest government shutdown in United States history is coming to an end, the threat to federal workers and environmental programs remains. This shutdown was never just about the budget and the size of the federal government — it was about increasing the...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management; University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences & Natural Resources re: New / Supplemental EIS for...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 10, 2025 CONTACT Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Plutonium at Hunters Point Signifies Botched Cleanup Discovery of Fission Byproducts Is Latest Fiasco at Troubled Superfund Site Washington,...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to the Bureau of Land Management re: the Public Lands Rule TO: The Bureau of Land Management FROM: Chandra Rosenthal, Public Lands Advocate, Rocky Mountain Region DATE: November 7, 2025 TAGS: BLM, Public...
This commentary was originally published in the Fall 2025 edition of PEEReview. After ten months of the Trump administration, it is important to recognize that the fate of our work protecting public employees and the environment is dependent on our ability to combat...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 5, 2025 CONTACT Kyla Bennett [email protected] (508) 230-9933 Recyclers Ban Fluorinated Containers Due to PFAS EPA Being Sued for Its Failure to Stop This Forever Chemical Contamination Washington, DC — The...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 3, 2025 CONTACT Kyla Bennett [email protected], (508) 230-9933 Unpaid Federal Employees Denied Time Off to Vote Trump Reversal of Time-Off Policy Aggravates Shutdown Inequities Washington, DC — In this upcoming...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum re: improper “acting” Interior leadership officials TO: The Honorable Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior FROM: Tim Whitehouse, PEER Executive Director DATE: October 31, 2025 TAGS: DOI, FVRA ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 31, 2025 Contact: Peter Jenkins, 202.265.4189; [email protected] PEER Warns Interior’s Illegal Use of “Acting” Officials Puts Department Decisions in Legal Jeopardy Group Says Second Trump Administration Repeating Same...
PEER has praised a federal judge’s recent decision to temporarily block the Trump administration’s plan to fire federal employees during the government shutdown. As a result of a court order in that case, we now know that the Trump administration had been planning...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 29, 2025 CONTACT Kyla Bennett [email protected], (508) 230-9933 Jeff Ruch [email protected], (510) 231-7028 EPA’s Principal Claim of PFAS Progress Is Untrue Deadly Long-chains Are Manufactured Daily and Threaten...
The bulldozers and backhoes have razed the East Wing of the White House to make way for President Trump’s big, beautiful ballroom. Characteristically, Trump has barreled ahead, heedless of the law, tradition, or concerns about historic protection and good taste. The...
DESCRIPTION: Comments on the Outcome Based Grazing Environmental Assessment for the John Uhalde and Co. Term Permit Renewal TO: Bureau of Land Management, Ely District FROM: Paul Ruprecht, Western Watersheds Project (WWP); Jim Catlin, WWP, Chandra Rosenthal, Public...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relied on shaky science and shady tactics to propose revoking its landmark greenhouse gas endangerment finding. Greenlighting the rescindment would be detrimental to public health and signal the erosion of science-backed...
