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...
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...
Last week, the remnants of a Pacific typhoon hit the west coast of Alaska with devastating results. Former Typhoon Halong brought hellacious winds and a coastal surge several feet above the highest tides ever recorded. The storm broadsided two Native villages, washing...
President Trump has announced that RIF (Reduction in Force = mass firing) notices are going out to federal employees who are not working during the government shutdown. People/citizens who have no choice – have been ordered to not come to work – people who love and...
PEER is praising a decision yesterday by a federal judge immediately halting the Trump Administration’s illegal firing of federal workers during the shutdown. The Trump administration’s attempt to fire thousands of federal workers during a government shutdown was...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Contact: Tim Whitehouse (240) 247-0299 [email protected] Federal Court Ruling Halting Illegal Firings of Federal Workers Statement of PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse on the decision by a federal judge...
During the government shutdown in 2019, people vandalized historic sites and sawed down protected Joshua Trees after national parks remained open with extremely reduced staff, despite pleas from park staff and other groups to keep them closed. During this shutdown,...
Environmental Protection, Public Service, and the Rise of Authoritarianism After nine months of the Trump administration, it is important to recognize the moment we are in – one where the fate of our work protecting public employees and the environment is...
DESCRIPTION: Comments on the Petition for Rulemaking to Update Part 1, Subpart I of The Commission’s Rules Implementing NEPA TO: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) FROM: Tim Whitehouse, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility DATE: April 16, 2025 TAGS:...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 7, 2025 Contact: Tim Whitehouse (240) 247-0299 [email protected] Trump Administration Plan To Not Pay Furloughed Federal Employees Is “Illegal and Morally Corrupt” In response to news reports that the Trump...
Are we on a steady slide to authoritarian rule in the United States? The Supreme Court, whose 2025-2026 Term began on October 6, has set the stage for such a descent in a series of quick rulings that favored President Trump over the last nine months. A key guardrail...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 6, 2025 Contact: Tim Whitehouse (240) 247-0299 [email protected] Trump Shutdown Messaging Is Illegal Propaganda Criminal Prosecution for Misuse of Funds Unlikely by Partisan DOJ Washington, DC — After the...
Buckle up, because we’re entering unprecedented territory with this latest government shutdown. This shutdown is not just a budget standoff – it’s being weaponized to consolidate power in the Executive Branch at the direct expense of the American people. Federal...
