For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 Contact: Peter Jenkins (202) 265-4189; Kirsten Stade [email protected] BLM Moves to Fire Migratory Bird Whistleblower Reports on Raptors Dying in Big Wyoming Oil and Gas Project Spiked Washington, DC — A...
Sunshine Week: Not Letting Our Guard Down The fight for government transparency is reaffirmed each year during Sunshine Week, a national awareness week founded by the News Leaders Association and supported by civic groups throughout the country. As we mark Sunshine...
For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 11, 2021 Contact: Jerry Phillips (850) 877-8097; Kirsten Stade [email protected] Florida’s Clearwater Awash in Sewage Violations More than 400 Sewage Overflows in Last Five Years; Almost No Enforcement Tallahassee — Florida’s...
NOAA’s Failure on the North Atlantic Right Whale The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most critically endangered whales on the planet. In another tragic turn for this iconic whale, a 12-year old adult male named Cottontail was found dead a few weeks ago off...
Can the Bureau of Land Management Shift Gears on Climate Change? The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is poised to play a critical role in the Biden administration’s climate change and conservation agenda. But after years of inertia and mismanagement, does the BLM have...
Learn More about PEER’s work to protect the North Atlantic right whale from ship strikes, fishing gear entanglements and other human activity. read more»
2021 Bureau of Land Management Employee Survey Report A New Era for the Bureau of Land Management In January and February of 2021, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) conducted a series of in-depth phone interviews with current and former Bureau...
Fraud in EPA’s chemical assessments In the United States, chemical companies have largely taken control of the chemical registration process, which is why it is so difficult to stop toxic chemicals from entering commerce, and why so many toxic chemicals that are...
PEER hosted a lively online discussion to identify steps the Biden administration can take to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Bureau of Land Management to better address its conservation and climate change goals. Panelists discussed the results of a...
EPA’s Bad Chemistry Is Killing Us In America, all chemicals are considered harmless until proven otherwise. That has allowed toxins to rack up high body counts before they are restricted or outlawed. By contrast, Europe, Japan, and other developed countries...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 25, 2021 Contact Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Fraud Charged in EPA Pesticide Risk Assessment Downgrade of Fumigant Cancer-Potential Due to Pervasive Misconduct Washington, DC — The U.S. Environmental...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] EPA Scientists Sound Alarm on Chemical Assessments Agency’s Toxic Internal Chemistry Reflected in New Employee Survey Washington, DC — Scientists inside...
Federal Contractors Current law 41 (USCS § 4712) provides protection for employees of federal contractors, subcontractors, or grantees against retaliation or discrimination for disclosing information you reasonably believed to be evidence of… Gross mismanagement of a...
Inspectors General Originally established under the Inspector General Act of 1978, these federal offices employ auditors, evaluators, analysts and criminal investigators (special agents who are often armed). They are supposed to detect or prevent fraud, waste, abuse,...
Renewable Energy and Public Lands In its January 20th Executive Order, the Biden Administration committed to reduce our nation’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as to restore and expand our national treasures and monuments (see Executive Order on Protecting...
Office of the Special Counsel The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose authority derives from the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the Uniformed...
Freedom of Speech for Public Servants Thanks to a major Supreme Court ruling in 2006 (Justice Samuel Alito’s first swing vote), public employees at all levels have no – as in zero – First Amendment free speech rights when in their role as public servants This because,...
For Immediate Release: Monday, February 22, 2021 Contact: Jerry Phillips (850) 877-8097; Kirsten Stade [email protected] Record Manatee Mortality in New Year More Than 300 Die in Six Weeks; Vast Majority Not Necropsied Washington, DC — The first six weeks of 2021 have...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 19, 2021 CONTACT Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 NOAA Kisses Off Right Whale Survival New NOAA Finding at Odds with Science, Facts, and the Law Washington, DC — A proposal that purportedly helps the critically endangered North...
Revolving Door The only meaningful post-government restrictions are Revolving Door statutes governing employment activities of former federal and many state employees. These statutes seek to prevent conflicts of interest (often called Switching Sides) by restricting...
