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 twhitehouse@peer.org 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, twhitehouse@peer.org, 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 ldumais@peer.org Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 kbennett@peer.org 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 kbennett@peer.org Laura Dumais (202) 792-1277 ldumais@peer.org 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 kbennett@peer.org 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, berr@pcisys.net, (303) 912-2905; Chandra Rosenthal, crosenthal@peer.org 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 pjenkins@peer.org 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 jruch@peer.org 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...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Senator Richard Blumenthal regarding the reintroduction of the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act (CWPA) of 2025 TO: Senator Richard Blumenthal; CC: Chair Chuck Grassley, Senate Judiciary Committee; Ranking Member Durbin, Senate...
DESCRIPTION: Comments on ANPRM for 6PPD-quinone – Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act TO: Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency FROM: PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse DATE: March 24, 2025...
The Bering Sea red king crab once supported one of the most productive fisheries on the planet. Then, the fishery suddenly imploded and presently limps along at an average harvest level of less than 2% of the 1980 pre-collapse harvest of 130 million pounds. In...
Days after taking office, President Trump summarily removed 18 Inspectors General, including some he appointed during his first term. These dismissals removed the principal watchdogs from most major federal agencies, including Defense, Interior, EPA, Agriculture,...
