I am proud to report that PEER is leading a coalition of groups in a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the National Park Service (NPS) for failing to protect the Old Spanish National Historic Trail as required by law. Congress designated the...
A common theme in American political discourse is the devaluation of public employees, with many blaming the country’s problems on a “bloated bureaucracy” or federal agencies that are over-staffed and pursuing agendas beyond the legal boundaries imposed by Congress....
During this Thanksgiving week, all of us at PEER want to thank government employees throughout the country for their dedication to serving the public. Since I came to PEER over five years ago, PEER has been honored to support the work of government employees,...
Originally published in and reprinted with permission of Common Dreams. This week, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-directors of a non-existent Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE), authored a Wall Street Journal op-ed outlining their vision for...
Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, issued the following statement in response to Elon Musk’s plan to overhaul government. “Americans should brace for political chaos and a dramatic weakening of environmental...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 20, 2024Contact:Kyla Bennett (506) 230-9933 [email protected] Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] GOP Sees Scientific Integrity Policies as Anti-Trump House Chair Says EPA Scientific Integrity Program Will “Usurp” Agenda ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 13, 2024Contact:Paula Dinerstein (202) 265-6391 [email protected] Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Court Orders Curbs on Air Tours Over SF National Parks FAA and NPS Embrace of Current Air Traffic Levels Ruled Inadequate...
As we digest the results from last week’s election, there can be no soft-pedaling of the results and consequences. A second Trump term will be devasting for public employees and the environment. Based on past actions and campaign promises, we can be confident that...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 7, 2024Contact:Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Stechbart (650) 274.5193 [email protected] Noisy Coast Guard Copters Hover Over Golden Gate Park No Permit, Noise Limits or Accident Response Plan for Training Exercises...
Friends, I am writing to share some of my thoughts on the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States and what this means for the values we share as an organization. The election of Donald Trump has set our country down a perilous and...
This commentary was originally published in the Fall 2024 edition of PEEReview. PEER is engaged in several efforts to prevent toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” from contaminating our food chain. Unfortunately, the...
In April 1995, right-wing extremists detonated a massive homemade bomb at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more, making it one of the deadliest acts of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. In the months...
The election next week will be momentous. The outcome will profoundly affect the civil service, the environment, and public health for generations to come. Here are a few articles that offer our perspective on some of the issues at stake: PEER’s Rocky Mountain...
This past week, Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson announced he would sponsor a bill to remove trash incineration from the state’s definition of renewable energy. Ferguson’s announcement provides a glimmer of hope for improvements in the state’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 28, 2024Contact:Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Dangerous Pollution Detected from Santa Susana Lab Boeing Suing to Block New Tighter Monitoring for PCBs and Other Toxics Washington, DC — New discharge readings show...
This commentary was originally published in the Fall 2024 edition of PEEReview. As the country builds out renewable energy projects, one important area of work for us is to ensure the proper siting of renewable energy projects and their dependent infrastructure. Our...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 17, 2024Contact:Tim Whitehouse (240) 247-0299 [email protected] Feds Should Stifle Heritage Foundation Witch Hunt Right-Wing Group’s Fleet of FOIAs Seeks Employee Personal Information Washington, DC — The same right-wing...
A lot is at stake in the coming election. In an analysis of Project 2025, PEER’s Rocky Mountain Director, Chandra Rosenthal, looks at how Project 2025 would gut public lands and wildlife protections and weaken the pillars of our civil service. It is a lot worse than...
