Tony Irish, senior counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, criticized the Interior Department for launching surveillance systems to “recognize, record and track” visitors and residents. Trump has said that he regrets not putting up cameras earlier. Read the PEER ...

During his 130-day tenure as head of DOGE, the department reported it saved $214 billion through asset sales, contract cancellations, fraud and improper payment deletion, programmatic changes and workforce reductions, according to a site tracking national debt. That amounted to $1,329 ...

The Trump administration’s efforts will undoubtedly make it harder for future administrations to gain the trust of offshore wind companies, which can spend billions of dollars and take nearly a decade to develop projects. But the unusual maneuver of revisiting federal permits could ...

Non-profit the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a complaint against this wording in October 2025, under the Information Quality Act, and in a response that came in September this year, EPA Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention ...

The change was made in response to a complaint filed by Peer, which pointed out that the EPA was allowing Pfoa to be produced in the US. Under the Information Quality Act, data and information made public by federal agencies be complete and accurate. “They were giving the false ...

The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) released the records Thursday. A National Park Foundation estimate put the cost of key events, including the much maligned Great American State FairGreat American State Fair, the Patriot Games and the Independence ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonpartisan group that investigates claims from government employees about environmental misconduct, on Thursday released documents detailing contract agreements and budget calculations for the events. The official National Park Service ...

Others have documented the risk of a piece striking a plane in flight. Meanwhile, the FAA has scrapped an earlier proposal that would have required companies to remove their spacecraft from orbit within 25 years of launch. “A 21st century gold rush to extract profits from space is ...

Exposure to PFAS has been linked to a range of health issues including several types of cancer. Kyla Bennett is a former EPA scientist who now serves as the director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER. “So we do know that the three routes of ...

The lack of transparency is likely unlawful, environmental advocates and legal experts tell the Monitor. They say it leaves the public in the dark about how decisions are being made about the use of potentially dangerous chemicals. “The taxpayers have a right to know,” says Tim ...

Most contaminants placed on the federal candidate and monitoring lists have never received drinking water limits. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental watchdog organization, said its review found that only PFOA and PFOS among more than 200 chemicals or ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which has filed lawsuits over PFAS contamination in biosolids, is urging the EPA to take a more hands-on approach that reflects its first draft risk assessment. Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at PEER, said during the EPA’s ...

Environmental groups argue that the rush to put data centers in space could have far-reaching consequences, the extent of which are not fully understood. In March, a coalition of organizations, including Earthjustice and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, asked the FCC to ...

Removing lead from drinking water is a priority of the Make America Healthy Again movement, an influential constituency among the voters who backed Trump in the 2024 election. So these actions, together with the upbeat tone of the EPA’s report on its enforcement activities in the 2025 ...

Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) are experiencing a potentially catastrophic population decline, a sharp reversal from what had been considered a conservation success. In 2019, there were roughly 20,500 gray whales; by 2023, the population had declined to just 14,526 individuals, “ ...

Inside EPA’s Chemical Approval Machine by The New Lede Former whistleblower Kyla Bennett explains how the agency is influenced to protect industry profits, not people. Read on Substack Read the PEER Story… ...

“A pause is welcome, but it does not answer the fundamental question of why billions of taxpayer dollars are being spent on these projects in the first place,” said Tim Whitehouse, Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) in a statement. “When ...

“This guidance is absurd,” said Laura Dumais, an attorney with the non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, at a recent EPA listening session on the draft guidance. Dumais said the EPA is shifting the burden onto farmers and consumers. “It’s ridiculous and it ...

The Great Battlefield · Protecting Public Employees Who Protect Our Environment and Health with Tim Whitehouse of PEER Tim Whitehouse joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and role as Executive Director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, where ...

“The National Park Service is being used as a piggy bank for Trump’s vanity projects,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which advocates on behalf of current and former parks employees. Whitehouse said, “The ...