FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 8, 2026 CONTACT Tim Whitehouse | (240) 247-0299 | [email protected] New Documents Raise Serious Questions About Freedom 250 Contracting and Use of Taxpayer Funds A Controversial French Foundry Among the Beneficiaries ...
This blog post is adapted from our How We Fight Back email series. Read more by clicking the links below. A Constitutional, Legal, and Moral Crisis Interior — Another Stress Test for Democracy EPA Turns Against Its Own Mission — How We Fight Back Our National Forests...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 7, 2026 CONTACT Doug Gordon | [email protected] Tim Whitehouse | (240) 247-0299 | [email protected] PEER Urges Congress to Use Budget Bill to Block Data Centers on Public Lands Congress Should Put Brakes on Trump...
DESCRIPTION: Comments opposing the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule TO: Joshua White, Acting Director, Ecosystem Management Coordination, U.S. Forest Service; The Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture; Chief Tom Schultz,...
DESCRIPTION: Comments opposing the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule TO: Joshua White, Acting Director, Ecosystem Management Coordination; The Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture; Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service...
We filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service this week to force the release of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) the agency has required employees to sign. Back in April, we asked for these records. Because the Forest Service missed its legal deadline to...
The Department of the Interior appears to be preparing for another major reorganization. Recent reporting indicates that the National Park Service and other Interior bureaus are considering significant organizational changes, even as employees remain largely in the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 1, 2026 CONTACT Aaron Lloyd | (202) 367-9386 [email protected] Joanna Citron Day | (240) 247-3081 | [email protected] Freedom of Information Violations Go Unpunished No Disciplinary Records for Wrongful Withholding of Public Records...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 24, 2026 CONTACT Kyla Bennett | [email protected] Jeff Ruch | (510) 231-7028 | [email protected] EPA Retracts Central Claim of PFAS Progress Agency Makes Grudging Admission That PFAS Are Still Being Manufactured and Imported...
This blog post is adapted from our How We Fight Back email series. Read more by clicking the links below. A Constitutional, Legal, and Moral Crisis Interior — Another Stress Test for Democracy EPA Turns Against Its Own Mission — How We Fight Back Data Centers are...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 23, 2026 CONTACT Kevin Hood, FSEEE | (541) 484-2692 | [email protected] Chandra Rosenthal, PEER | (303) 898-0798 | [email protected] FSEEE and PEER Oppose USDA Plan to Weaken National Forest Protections and Expand Motorized...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 21, 2026 CONTACT Joanna Citron Day | (240) 247-3081 | [email protected] Former DOJ Tax Trial Attorney Isabelle Dietz Joins PEER as Staff Counsel Washington, DC — Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)...
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere in the news. When we heard that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was starting to use AI to help assess the safety of chemicals, we wanted to learn more. In March, we filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 15, 2026 Contact: Tim Whitehouse | (240) 247-0299 | [email protected] Kevin Bell | (202) 946-3642 Groups Appeal EPA’s Refusal to Release Impact Assessments for High-Impact Artificial Intelligence Tools PEER and FIG...
This blog post is adapted from our How We Fight Back email series. Read more by clicking the links below. A Constitutional, Legal, and Moral Crisis Interior — Another Stress Test for Democracy Our National Forests Are Under Attack — How We Fight Back Data Centers are...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 3, 2026 CONTACT Kyla Bennett | (202) 265-7337 | [email protected] EPA’s “Historic Action” to Curb Microplastics in Drinking Water Meaningless Microplastics Added to a “Candidate List” With Scant Chance at Regulation ...
I want to start this email with a huge thank you! This year’s Double Trouble campaign has come to a close, and I have exciting news to share: we met our match, raising over $70,000 from our supporters! Whether you made a gift, forwarded our emails, or shared our work...
DESCRIPTION: Letter requesting an extension of the scoping period on the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Right-of-Way (ROW) Renewal Environmental Assessment. TO: Bureau of Land Management FROM: Cooper Freeman, Alaska Director, Center for Biological Diversity; Tim...