Video Library
PEER Eco-Champions
Dr. David Carpenter: Academic Freedom in Public Health
Dr. David Carpenter had been forbidden from teaching and barred from campus after an investigation launched through corporate political pressure over his research.
Jonathan Lundgren, Former USDA Entomologist: A Bee Expert With His Integrity Intact
When USDA’s research arm tried to stifle his research on the effects of pesticides on honey bees and the environment, Jonathan Lundgren fought back with PEER’s help.
Webinars
Webinar | Environmental Protection, Public Service, and the Rise of Authoritarianism
Listen in on an important, engaging and interactive discussion on the threats to environmental protection and public employees during the rise of authoritarianism and explore how we in the environmental movement can be more effective in our work.
Webinar | Speaking Up Under Trump: What to Know About Whistleblowing and Free Speech
Watch this webinar to delve into the challenges that government employees now face who work on environmental and natural resource management in the federal government.
Feature Videos
Why PFAS in Biosolids Threatens Our Food Supply and Farming Communities Throughout the United States
Every year, millions of tons of PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge, or biosolids, are applied to land as fertilizer on farms. Learn how these toxic chemicals are threatening our health and food supply, and what PEER is doing about it.
Devastation on the Ranch: PFAS in Biosolids
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a federal lawsuit over its failure to prevent toxic per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in biosolid fertilizers from contaminating farmlands, livestock, crops, and water supplies. Hear from James Farmer and Robin Alessi, two ranchers whose livelihoods were decimated after PFAS-laden biosolids from neighboring properties leached onto their land.
Interviews
VIDEO | PFAS in Our Waste with Kyla Bennett
In this one-on-one 30-minute virtual conversation Just Zero's Senior Scientist, Laura Orlando, is joined by Kyla Bennett, Director of Science Policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Together, Orlando and Bennett discuss the PFAS, also known...
VIDEO | Testimony Before the House Natural Resources Committee (May 10, 2023)
PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources in support and opposition of various bills.