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BLM Unclear on Transparency

Jul 24, 2024
According to the latest Interior Department quarterly report on its backlog of unanswered Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is the hands-down winner as its least responsive agency. As of the end of the second quarter of...

Science or Scam – NOAA Fisheries Gaslighting

Jul 23, 2024
We keep hearing that we should “follow the science.” Sometimes, though, scams are coated in scientific veneer. A good example is the “science” associated with the distribution of Federal disaster funds to Alaska’s crab-fishing industry. These funds (more...

Project 2025: Wingnut Wing Flapping

Jul 23, 2024
The Heritage Foundation’s self-proclaimed playbook for a second Trump administration called Project 2025 lays out a slew of supposed transition plans. The conservative think tank’s Project 2025 report covers some 900 pages and contains 30 chapters addressing various...

EPA Lacks a PFAS Containment Strategy

Jul 17, 2024
EPA Lacks a PFAS Containment Strategy The environmental and public health challenges posed by PFAS are immense. EPA needs to do much more than it is doing. Originally published in and reprinted with permission of Common Dreams. Every day there is a new headline about...

America’s Ailing Overgrazed Rangelands

Jul 17, 2024
America’s Ailing Overgrazed Rangelands This commentary was originally published in the Summer 2024 edition of PEEReview. The latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) paint a bleak picture of the ecological health of America’s public rangelands....

Trump’s Enemies List: Dismantling the Civil Service

Jul 10, 2024
Trump’s Enemies List: Dismantling the Civil Service If elected, Donald Trump pledges to bring a reign of “retribution” on the federal government in his crusade against what he calls “The Deep State.” He will likely pick up where he left off – going after the federal...

PEERMail | PEER Files Lawsuit to Protect Civil Servants

Jul 9, 2024
PEER Files Lawsuit to Protect Civil Servants There is growing concern that a re-elected President Trump will use his power to purge civil servants identified as opponents of his agenda or as members of the so-called “Deep State.”  In response, last week PEER filed a...

EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires

Jul 5, 2024
EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires This commentary was originally published in the Summer 2024 edition of PEEReview. In a misguided effort to protect its reputation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) knowingly issued false statements...

Hubris Squared: What the End of Chevron Means

Jul 1, 2024
Hubris Squared: What the End of Chevron Means Last week, the Supreme Court significantly limited government agencies’ ability to interpret and implement federal laws protecting public health and the environment. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the...

Science Integrity at NOAA: Run Silent, Run Deep

Jun 27, 2024
Science Integrity at NOAA: Run Silent, Run Deep In an effort to Trump-proof federal science, President Biden ordered all federal agencies to strengthen their scientific integrity policies in order to “restore public trust in government.” Most agencies sent their draft...

PEERMail | Wrapping Our Heads Around Plastics

Jun 25, 2024
Wrapping Our Heads Around Plastics Plastic pollution’s devastating effects on our health and the environment have been making headlines lately. Despite industry’s efforts to greenwash their products, the truth about plastic’s harm is becoming...

Letter to NHTSA Deputy Administrator Shulman – Update FMVSS No. 32

Jun 18, 2024
DESCRIPTION: Letter to NHTSA Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman to Update Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 32, Flammability of Interior Materials TO: Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration FROM: PEER,...