Originally published in and reprinted with permission of Common Dreams. In his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has moved aggressively to expand the authority of the executive branch, thereby upending our traditional system of checks and balances among the...
DESCRIPTION: Comments on the implementation of the definition of “Waters of the United States” TO: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FROM: The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of itself and A2 –...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 24, 2025 CONTACT Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] EPA Abandons Setting Chemical Testing Priorities Statutorily Mandated Updates of Target Chemicals Dropped from Agenda Washington, DC — In an erosion of public...
Doug Burgum has long expressed his admiration for Teddy Roosevelt, the president who arguably made the greatest contribution to the United States’ rich conservation heritage. But as Secretary of the Interior, the position best suited to build on Roosevelt’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 21, 2025 CONTACT Tim Whitehouse 240-247-0299 [email protected] Extensive Musk Tendrils in NOAA Revealed More Than 210,000 Recent Communications with Musk Operatives Washington, DC — The sheer volume of communications from...
DOGE and Climate Change: What’s Really Happening at NOAA and EPA, and Why It Matters The purge of federal workers from key agencies across the federal government includes those tasked with conducting critical science that helps predict changes to local and...
The Trump Administration’s assaults against efforts to preserve a livable climate are breathtaking in their ambition, including: Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, firing climate-critical federal employees en masse, freezing billions in climate and clean energy...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick regarding recently fired probationary employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration TO: U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, cc. Department of Commerce...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 14, 2025 CONTACT Tim Whitehouse, [email protected], 240-247-0299 Victory for Clean Energy in Maryland Incineration is Taken out of State’s Renewable Energy Program Washington, DC — After over a decade of campaigning by...
The recent Trump Administration terminations of vast numbers of Department of the Interior (DOI) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) employees are causing concern for many reasons, not only to those fired, but also for the tens of millions of Americans who enjoy and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, April 11, 2025 CONTACT Laura Dumais (202) 792-1277 [email protected] Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] EPA Environmental Justice Staff Seeks Return to Work “EJ” Employees’ Class Action Pursues Reassignment and Escape from Limbo...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] Laura Dumais (202) 792-1277 [email protected] Biosolid Fertilizer Maker Confirms PFAS in Product Company Has Not Published Supposedly Exonerating...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, April 4, 2025 CONTACT Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] Big Brother Beckons EPA’s Workforce Agency Offers Free Wi-Fi Connectivity to Employees’ Personal Devices Washington, DC — In an unusual and somewhat...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 3, 2025 CONTACT Bonnie Rader, [email protected], (303) 912-2905; Chandra Rosenthal, [email protected] Toxic Tides: Citizen Group Demands EPA Action on PFAS Crisis from Lowry Landfill and Buckley Air Force Base Community Calls for...
With all the changes occurring around us, I wanted to highlight three things of note: Welcome Linden. We are delighted to welcome Linden Mueller to the PEER team as Director of Development and Communications. Previously, Linden was the Director of Development and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 31, 2025 CONTACT Peter Jenkins (202) 265-4189 [email protected] Federal Civil Service Court Shuttered When Most Needed MSPB Quorum Loss Hobbles Whistleblower, RIF & Due Process Protections Washington, DC — Just as the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 27, 2025 CONTACT Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] More than 100,000 Federal Employees Paid Not to Work Nearly 5% of Civilian Workforce Now on Paid Administrative Leave and Counting Washington, DC — The Trump...
