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BLOG | Pendley Debacle Unmasks David Bernhardt’s Legal Charades

Pendley Debacle Unmasks David Bernhardt’s Legal Charades In a judicial smackdown ruling last Friday, Chief District Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana embarrassed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, shredding his arguments that...

BLOG | COVID-19 Pressure on FDA and CDC Accelerate as Election Nears

COVID-19 Pressure on FDA and CDC Accelerate as Election Nears  With the COVID-19 pandemic growing worse, the White House is in hyperdrive to erase all barriers between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

COMMENTARY | BLM Forges Ahead With Nevada Oil and Gas Leasing

Bureau of Land Management Forges Ahead with Nevada Oil and Gas Leasing Little Financial Benefits to Government but Big Losses to the Public  Speculative oil and gas leasing continues across the west despite low oil prices and the fact that many oil companies are in...

BLOG | Climate Denier David Legates Joins NOAA

Climate Denier David Legates Joins NOAA The Trump administration’s appointment of a climate denier, David Legates, to help run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is another political dagger aimed at NOAA scientists. NOAA is the federal agency...

PEERMail | BLM Must Embrace Climate Solutions

Beyond 2020: BLM Must Embrace Climate Solutions This isn’t a great time. With a pandemic, huge blazes tearing across the West, and a record-setting hurricane season, this torrid year marches on, both frightening and tragic for so many people. With all of this...

Beyond 2020: Bureau of Land Management

A New Vision for the BLM  PEER Action Plan for 2021  Printable Download Available Here Overview Founded in 1946 through a merging of the General Land Office with the US Grazing Service, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) controls more than 247 million acres of...

BLOG | The Whistleblower Protection Act is Dead

The Whistleblower Protection Act is Dead  The Whistleblower Protection Act is dead – not because it was repealed, but because it was asphyxiated. The choke point is a little-known agency named the Merit Systems Protection Board, or the MSPB, which is, in essence, the...

Record Green Sea Turtle Nesting on Padre Island  

For Immediate Release:  Thursday, September 10, 2020 Contact:  Kirsten Stade [email protected] Record Green Sea Turtle Nesting on Padre Island   Park Service Cuts Green Turtle Program Just as Need for Protection Spikes  Washington, DC — Record numbers of green turtles...

Comments on William Perry Pendley’s Unfitness to Lead the BLM

DESCRIPTION: Comments on William Perry Pendley’s Unfitness to Lead the Bureau of Land Management by Tim Whitehouse, Executive Director of PEER. TO: House Natural Resources Committee Democratic Roundtable FROM: PEER DATE: September 9, 2020 TAGS: BLM, Pendley, Testimony...

PEER Testifies Before Colorado Oil and Gas Commission

Kyla Bennett, PEER’s Director of Science Policy, testified in front of the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission imploring them to require and oversee a robust analysis of the cumulative impacts of oil and gas development when considering new permits. This is key...

NOAA to Reduce Right Whale Aerial Surveys

For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 1, 2020 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933; Kirsten Stade [email protected] NOAA to Reduce Right Whale Aerial Surveys Eliminating Targeted Surveys Hampers Ability to Spot Whales in Distress   Boston — A new National...

Beyond 2020: National Park Service

National Park System: PEER’s Second Century Vision  Printable Download Available Here For more than a quarter century, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has served Park Service professionals concerned with the mission of national parks. PEER has...

PEERMail | Navigating These Treacherous Times

This past month, the Trump administration created more ethical firestorms by intermingling official government duties with the upcoming election. Whether it was Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech to the Republican Party Convention from Jerusalem or Vice President...