FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 3, 2026 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798 [email protected] Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Bureau of Land Management Being Hollowed Out 40% Staffing Cut Since 2024; All but One State Director Post Vacant ...
DESCRIPTION: Letter opposing the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to amend the North Atlantic right whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule TO: Mr. Samuel D. Rauch, III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] FDA Spurns CT Scan Reliability Safeguards Current Lax Standards Put Patients at Risk and Pose Regulatory Violations Washington, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 1, 2026 CONTACT Kyla Bennett, (508) 230-9933, [email protected] Joanna Citron Day, (240) 247-3081, [email protected] EPA Embrace of AI Yields More Questions Than Answers “Evidence Plan” Is Hopelessly Vague and Subject to Political...
As we enter the midterm election cycle, PEER is deeply involved in exposing the corruption of the Trump administration and its intentional destruction of environmental and public health protections. That is why we have developed a Congressional oversight agenda that...
DESCRIPTION: Letter opposing H.R.7695 which would strip vital protections from 45 million acres of wild forests on our public lands by invalidating the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. TO: Chair Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse and members of the Federal Lands...
By all metrics, the upcoming 2026 fire season in the parched West looks like it may be one of the worst ever — with massive, dangerous forest fires. The Southeast has already seen several forest fires, with record numbers in Florida and Georgia. Fire response is more...
A North Atlantic right whale mother and her calf surface off the Georgia coast. A Florida panther pads silently through a cypress swamp, one of fewer than 100 left alive. In Alaska’s Cook Inlet, a small, isolated group of beluga whales call to one another in...
I’m excited to share some great news! Tony Irish, a longtime Department of the Interior attorney, has joined the PEER team as senior counsel. Tony comes to us after 21 years at Interior and brings an unmatched understanding of how the agency operates from the inside....
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 13, 2026 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798 [email protected] Andrew Sandoval, California District 5, Salinas City Council, [email protected] Call for California Crackdown on PFAS-Laden Pesticide...
When asked last September about the removal of climate-related signs and webpages from Acadia National Park, Deputy Press Secretary Aubrie Spady offered this explanation: the content came down because the administration “believes in only administering facts...
During Trump’s first term, the National Park Service was an area of malign neglect, without a confirmed director for all four years. For most of Trump 1.0, the national parks were ignored, but no longer. The worst park policy adopted during Trump’s first term affected...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 6, 2026 CONTACT Tim Whitehouse, (240) 247-0299, [email protected] EPA Alone Pursues Discipline Against Federal Workers Who Signed Dissent Letter FEMA, NIH, NSF, and NASA Took No Action or Reversed Discipline Against Letter...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Contact: Joanna Citron Day, (240) 247-3081, [email protected] Veteran Interior Department Attorney Tony Irish Joins PEER as Senior Counsel Washington, DC — Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 5, 2026 CONTACT Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] Sharp Dropoff in EPA Scientific Publications Fewer Scientists and Tighter Restrictions under Trump Washington, DC — During Trump’s second term, the number of...
Congress is finally feeling the heat for its deeply unpopular anti-environmental, anti-wildlife, and anti-government worker policies. Just last week, the House pulled a bill to gut the Endangered Species Act, and it has become clear that the president’s proposed...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 28, 2026 CONTACT Doug Gordon | [email protected] Following NYT Report That Revealed White House Ballroom Contractor Got a Sweetheart Deal on Lafayette Park Renovation, PEER Calls for Congressional Oversight and Public...
