The latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management paint a bleak picture of the ecological health of America’s public rangelands ...

If elected, Donald Trump will likely pick up where he left off – going after the federal merit system founded more than 140 years ago ...

EPA’s Effort to Misrepresent Pesticide Tests Backfires This commentary was originally published in the Summer 2024 edition of PEEReview. In a misguided effort to protect its reputation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) knowingly issued false statements that pesticides it ...

The Supreme Court has limited government agencies’ ability to interpret and implement federal laws protecting public health and the environment ...

Most agencies sent their draft scientific integrity policies out for public comment, but not the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration ...

The administration should find the courage to reverse course and acknowledge that carbon offsets are a dangerous and damaging distraction ...

To date, the Federal Communications Commission has had neither the personnel nor resources to comply with NEPA ...

With plastics production on course to triple over the coming decades, immediate efforts are needed to tackle the plastics crisis ...

Former Bureau of Land Management employee Kathy Voth shares her perspective on the agency's management of federal rangelands ...

Read the latest updates on eleven of the regulatory petitions we've worked on this year. With an election just around the corner, now is the time to ramp up action to get our requests granted, especially in case there is a new administration in 2025 ...

Biden directed all federal agencies to strengthen their scientific integrity policies. Three years later, no new policies have been ratified ...

The DOI's final Public Lands Rule was designed to elevate conservation to equal status with traditional energy development, resource extraction, and grazing. Here's our take on it ...

EPA approved Seresto pet collars to control fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, and other pests. Almost immediately, they started receiving “incident reports” from the manufacturer ...

Legislation is advancing to require the NPS to provide broadband and cellular access in every park where there is a perceived need for greater coverage ...

PEER applauds the Biden administration's rule protecting civil servants should a future administration attempt to strip them of their workplace protections ...

Despite state laws which mandate that logging must prioritize wildlife needs, harvest quotas have proved to have a life of their own ...

In its 45 years of operation, TAPS has undergone only two environmental assessments: one in 1972 and the other in 2002 ...

CCS does not address the GHG emissions, environmental degradation, or public health consequences from the build-out of infrastructure ...

The EPA's 1984 eco-mistake led to the overuse of pesticides, the wholesale loss of pollinators, and widespread environmental contamination ...

To the delight of oil drillers, miners, trophy hunters, ranchers, farmers, loggers, and factory trawlers, the Biden plan calls for not initiating any conservation action at the federal level ...