A government watchdog nonprofit trying to obtain a report detailing an investigation into a number of alleged crimes at Haskell Indian Nations University filed suit Friday in Washington, D.C., against the federal agency that oversees Haskell. Public Employees for Environmental ...

Fluorinated plastic barrels have been found to leach dangerous “forever chemicals” into the foods, cleaning supplies and other products the containers may hold. The groups — the Center for Environmental Health and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility — ...

The EPA doesn’t need to tighten its corrosivity standards under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the DC Circuit ruled Tuesday in a loss for an environmental group. “PEER has missed—by more than four decades—the 90-day deadline to file a direct challenge to the regulation ...

In 2019, near the end of the Trump administration, then–Interior Secretary David Bernhardt instructed national parks to allow e-bikes wherever traditional bikes were allowed. The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) sued, arguing that NPS needed to undertake ...

While the National Park Service has been studying the impacts of eBikes in the National Park System, the agency really knows little about the impacts on the environment or on other trail users, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The draft “programmatic ...

“The fact that it has taken over two years for the Senate to take a final confirmation vote is extraordinary and shows how broken the Senate confirmation process has become,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...

The EPA is also under fire from consumer groups for allowing the makers of plastic containers to use forever chemicals in food and personal care product containers. Consumer groups Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Center for Environmental Health recently ...

But other groups have challenged that assertion, including the whistleblower group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, saying one-third of the grazing lands administered by the BLM are not assessed for their effect on the environment. Among the late-breaking comments was an ...

The organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) issued a report addressing criminal prosecution of United States environmental laws. The report was issued pursuant to a July 13th news release titled: EPA Criminal Enforcement Sputters Back to Life FY 23 ...

“In the U.S., chemicals are innocent until proven guilty,” said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit based outside Washington, D.C. “In the EU and Japan, chemicals are guilty until proven safe — and that’s why ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility also has spent years suing the Federal Aviation Administration and National Park Service over the two agencies’ failure to produce plans for managing air tourism in parks that see more than 50 overflights a year. Teton park historically ...

On Wednesday, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which defends whistleblowers and uncovers wrongdoing in energy and environmental agencies, sent a letter to CSB, requesting it recover the misspent funds by Katherine Lemos, a former President Donald Trump appointee who led ...

Among the discoveries highlighted in the study — obtained through a public records request by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility — were “two proboscidean tusks” that could have belonged to a woolly mammoth. The tusks are buried less than 5 feet ...

“In the U.S., chemicals are innocent until proven guilty,” said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit based outside Washington, D.C. “In the EU and Japan, chemicals are guilty until proven safe — and ...

Most environmental groups that commented said they support the rule, but Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said in its comments that the BLM lacks the staff and resources to implement it. The bureau, which already manages the health of its land poorly, needs to conduct a ...

While much is unknown about how microplastics affect human health, scientists have detected the tiny plastic fragments in blood and warn about possible toxic effects on fetuses. Lawmakers and advocates have been pushing the Biden administration for years to increase research into ...

The vast majority of BLM lands are managed for either extraction or livestock grazing. A 2016 analysis conducted by the Wilderness Society found that 90 percent of BLM land is open for oil and gas drilling. Meanwhile, about 60 percent of BLM lands are leased for grazing, according to an ...

“In the U.S., chemicals are innocent until proven guilty,” said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit based outside Washington, D.C. “In the EU and Japan, chemicals are guilty until proven safe — and ...

At any rate, Ruch said he thinks the BIE’s initial decision to withhold the document in its entirety indicates that any disfunction at Haskell isn’t just confined to its campus but extends to the BIE as an agency. He added that the first step to resolving problems on this scale is ...

“PFAS chemicals are one of the top chemical exposure concerns these days, linked to cancer, liver problems and high cholesterol. These “forever” chemicals have been widely used in firefighting foam, non-stick pans, rain gear and more. And they’ve gotten out into the environment ...