FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 13, 2026 Contact: Joanna Citron Day, (240) 247-3081, [email protected] Newly released EPA Documents Support Employees Free Speech Rights Fired EPA Employees Targeted for Exercising Constitutional Rights Washington, DC —...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal, (303) 898–0798, [email protected] David Jenkins, [email protected] New Testing Detects Toxic PFAS in Herbicide Applied Across Public Lands Findings Raise Urgent Questions About Human...
DESCRIPTION: Protest to the DOIBLM-UT-0000-2026-0001-EA – BLM Utah 2026 First Quarter Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale and related Environmental Assessment TO: Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office FROM: John W. Hiscock, JD; Chandra Rosenthal, Western...
DESCRIPTION: Comments on the applicability of NEPA to the FCC decision on Reflect Orbital’s prototype reflective satellite TO: Federal Communications Commission FROM: Tim Whitehouse, Esq., PEER Executive Director; John Fitzgerland, Esq., former Counsel to a...
DESCRIPTION: Comments on the applicability of NEPA to the FCC decision on SpaceX orbital data centers TO: Federal Communications Commission FROM: Tim Whitehouse, Esq., PEER Executive Director; John Fitzgerland, Esq., former Counsel to a house subcomittee, Counsel for...
We are suing—again—to stop the administration from returning the U.S. to the spoils system of corrupt government that dominated the country over a century ago. One year into the Trump administration, we are not letting down our guard. Yesterday, PEER and a coalition...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 5, 2026 Contact: Tim Whitehouse, (240) 247-0299, [email protected] Kevin Bell, (202) 946-3642 PEER Opens Investigation into EPA’s Use of Artificial Intelligence Workforce Monitoring and Chemical Safety Decisions Under...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 4, 2026 Contact: Tim Whitehouse (240) 247-0299 [email protected] Senate Should Reject Pearce’s Nomination to Lead Bureau of Land Management Following today’s committee vote on the nomination of Stevan Pearce to serve as...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committees opposing S. 2787, the “Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025″ TO: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Lee, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Heinrich...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Contact: Tim Whitehouse, (240) 247-0299, [email protected][email protected] Public Service Organizations and Unions File Updated Legal Challenge to Trump-Vance Administration Effort that Seeks to Make...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Senate and House Agriculture Committees opposing pesticide provisions in Farm Bill TO: House Agriculture Committee Chair Thompson, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Boozman, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Craig, and Senate...
Last year, Dr. Shannon “SJ” Joslin — a ranger and biologist at Yosemite National Park — took part in a brief act of expression on one of America’s most iconic landscapes. On their day off, SJ and a group of friends unfurled a transgender pride flag on El Capitan for...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 26, 2026 Contact: Aaron Lloyd, (202) 367-9386, [email protected] Tim Whitehouse, (240) 247-0299, [email protected] New Investigation into Interior’s Use of Taxpayer Resources for Trump-aligned Freedom 250 Diversion of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 23, 2026 Contact: Joanna Citron Day, (240) 247-3081, [email protected] Paula Dinerstein, (202) 265-6391, [email protected] Park Ranger Fired for Hanging Trans Pride Flag Sues Interior Department Lawsuit Seeks to Protect...
As he has successfully done with the White House East Wing, the Kennedy Center, and other national monuments, President Trump is now working to hijack the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations. Last week, I testified before the House Natural Resources...
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...
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;...
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;...
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...
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...
