More reorganizations are in the air at the Department of the Interior under Doug Burgum’s leadership. What good will come out of this latest round of reorganizations, which are supposed to come to the fore in September? Probably not much. When historians look back at...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 17, 2026 CONTACT Perry Wheeler | [email protected] Chandra Rosenthal | (303) 898-0798 | [email protected] Interior Faces Widespread Backlash Over Effort to Weaken Wilderness Protections Across Millions of Acres of Public...
DESCRIPTION: Comments on the review of the Department of the Interior’s existing wilderness stewardship policies TO: Interior Secretary Burgum, BLM Director Pearce, NPS Comptroller Ms. Bowron, and FWS Director Nesvik FROM: Melissa Amarello, Executive Director,...
The Old Spanish National Historic Trail is one of the great historic routes of the American West. Stretching roughly 2,700 miles between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California, the Trail follows the path of a 19th-century trade route through some of the...
PEER, DarkSky International, the American Bird Conservancy, and Environment America — represented by Earthjustice — filed a formal Application for Review asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reverse its Space Bureau’s approval of Reflect Orbital...
DESCRIPTION: Petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to review and reverse decision granting Reflect Orbital application to deploy and operate the Earendil-1 satellite TO: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) FROM: Earthjustice, DarkSky international,...
You have probably been following the Reflecting Pool debacle — the tens of millions of dollars taken from the National Park Service and wasted on a failed Trump vanity project — and the malicious prosecution of an Olympic canoeist for damage caused by the contractor....
Last month, Senator Schiff (D-Calif.) unveiled a three-bill package that would finally bring much needed accountability, transparency, and ethical guardrails to the federal judiciary. These proposals have PEER’s full support. As our nation’s political system grows...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, August 1, 2026 CONTACT Tim Whitehouse | (240) 247-0299 | [email protected] Interior Department Leaders Must Now Be Held Accountable for Reflecting Pool Debacle PEER Calls on the Interior Secretary to Answer for No-Bid Contract...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 29, 2026 CONTACT Tim Whitehouse | (240) 247-0299 | [email protected] PEER: OPM Rule Creates Back Door Around Federal Workforce Protections Proposed Rule Would Gut Reduction in Force Protections and Violate the...
Since 2004, PEER has examined Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) files to assess pollution enforcement. In a state heavily reliant on its natural beauty for tourism revenue, it has fallen far short of acceptable pollution levels primarily in its...
Report Summary Since 2004, PEER has examined Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) data to assess state trends in pollution enforcement. This year, we have added a section on the state of water quality in Florida. Waterkeepers Florida developed...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 28, 2026 CONTACT Jen Lomberk, Esq. | (904) 471-9878 | [email protected] Tim Whitehouse | (240) 247-0299 | [email protected] New Report Finds Majority of Florida Waterways Fail Water Quality Standards State Pollution...
Most people hear “federal grants” and think about scientific research. Cancer treatments. Environmental monitoring. Public health. University labs. Those are certainly at stake under the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed overhaul of how the...
DESCRIPTION: Comments in opposition to the proposed rule “Promoting Employee Accountability,” Docket ID 2025-OPM-0012 TO: Office of Management and Budget and Merit Systems Protection Board FROM: PEER DATE: July 23, 2026 TAGS: OMB, MSPB, protecting public...
Last week, PEER filed formal comments opposing the Trump administration’s sweeping proposed rule that will pose a serious threat to honest government and destroy independent science in the United States. The rule would hand political appointees unreviewable control...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 23, 2026 CONTACT Tim Whitehouse | (240) 247-0299 | [email protected] PEER Comments in Opposition to OPM-MSPB “Promoting Employee Accountability” Rule Rule is Part of a Broader Effort to “Return Our Government to the Spoils...
DESCRIPTION: Letter in opposition to H.R. 9725, Restoring Integrity and Efficiency to Inspector General Oversight Act TO: The Honorable James Comer, Chairman Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives; The Honorable Robert Garcia,...
DESCRIPTION: Comment on Notice of Intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program TO: William Wesela, National Policy Manager U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...
DESCRIPTION: Comments on the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed regulation to revise the Uniform Guidance governing federal financial assistance TO: Office of Management and Budget FROM: PEER DATE: July 13, 2026 TAGS: federal grants,...
