Summer is a busy time, and we thank you for taking the time to stay engaged with PEER’s work. Your engagement with these issues, whether through donating, talking with neighbors, or writing to your legislators, helps keep pressure on government agencies and leadership...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] Zeldin’s Claims of Absent EPA Employees Without Basis Spreading “Misinformation” Is Hypocritical Reason to Punish Dissenters Washington, DC — The office...
Originally published in and reprinted with permission of Common Dreams. Often been referred to as America’s Best Idea, our National Park System has played a key role over the years in inspiring a global conservation movement. But consider the plight of the National...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 14, 2025 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] Laura Dumais (202) 792-1277 [email protected] EPA Attempts to Sugarcoat Toxic Sewage Sludge PFAS-Laden Biosolid Fertilizers Pose a Clear Public Health Threat...
DESCRIPTION: Responsive Prehearing Statement opposing the Colorado Wastewater Utility Council (CWWUC) proposal to amend Colorado Discharge Permit System Regulations, Regulation 61, 5 CCR 1002-61, and a short comment regarding the Water Quality Control Division’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] Get Forever Chemicals Out of Our Food Chain MAHA Commission Pressed to Take Concrete Action on Toxic PFAS Washington, DC — To accomplish its mission,...
DESCRIPTION: Comments on the inclusion of a lead ammunition and tackle phase-out in Colorado Parks and Wildlife State Wildlife Action Plan TO: Colorado Parks and Wildlife FROM: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Coalition to Protect America’s National...
With peak visitation season underway, the National Park Service (NPS) is struggling to keep up amid increasing uncertainty and understaffing. The effects are already being felt across the country and will be exacerbated by further personnel actions. Reports of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 7, 2025 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] FDA Ignores CT Scan Misdiagnosis Risks Complaint Faults FDA Failure to Address Post-Market Warnings Washington, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
As the world struggles to adapt to a warming climate and communities throughout the country fight for clean water, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin is taking a sledgehammer to what was generally regarded as one of the most effective...
The Trump Administration is doing everything in its power to limit or eliminate science-based oversight of industry activities and is using the threat of “pocket rescissions” to prevent harm to favored industries. Recently, PEER sent FOIA requests to the...
DESCRIPTION: Comments on the Upper Sevier Vegetation Enhancement Project TO: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah, Kanab Field Office FROM: John W. Hiscock, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, Western...
Kakistocracy is a term which means government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people. It is a word that’s unfortunately most apt today. In his second term, Trump has assembled perhaps the least distinguished Cabinet in modern history, abandoning...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 30, 2025 Contact: Colleen Zimmerman, 202-464-2293, [email protected] Florida Eco-Enforcement Sees Modest Uptick in 2024 Anti-Pollution Enforcement Efforts Well Below Historic Averages Washington, DC — In 2024,...
Report Summary Since 2004, PEER has examined Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) data to assess state trends in pollution enforcement. While there was a slight increase in the number of Florida’s environmental enforcement actions in 2024, state...
Speaking Up Under Trump: What to Know About Whistleblowing and Free Speech With the second Trump administration rapidly undermining traditional civil service protections, PEER is working with an influx of public employees needing advice and representation on...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 24, 2025 Contact: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878; [email protected] Chandra Rosenthal, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), (303) 898-0798; [email protected] Will...
Late last Friday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced his intention to eliminate EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD). As part of the administration’s war on science, Zeldin is laying off and forcing out EPA...
