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PEERMail | Biden’s First 100 Days
During his first 100 days in office, President Biden has begun to chart a new course for the nation’s environmental programs.
PEERMail | Something Extraordinary – A Whistleblower Wins
After years of legal wrangling with the USGS and the Merit Systems Protection Board, a career microbiologist turned whislteblower is reinstated.
PEERMail | BLM’s Litmust Test on Whistleblowers
After years of mismanagement and retaliation against employees who raised concerns about oil and gas projects, can the BLM deliver on Biden’s conservation promises?
PEERMail | Sunshine Week: Not Letting Our Guard Down
The fight for government transparency is reaffirmed each year during Sunshine Week, where we stand up for our rights to government information.
PEERMail | Fraud in EPA’s Chemical Assessments
Toxic chemicals that are banned elsewhere continue to flood onto the U.S. market and fraudulent studies at the EPA are making matters worse.
PEERMail | What’s Next On Scientific Integrity?
The influence of scientists in government has been gradually eroded over the last four decades as powerful economic interests asserted themselves
PEERMail | Cautious Optimism for Biden’s Climate Direction
New Biden Administration orders on climate and public lands are a call to action. Now the real work begins, and it’s not going to be easy.
PEERMail | Looking Ahead on MLK Day
The incoming administration will face extraordinary challenges but we are reassured by their vision for a better, healthier country.
Extraordinary Year, Extraordinary Challenges
During this extraordinary year, PEER is proud to have worked directly with our members and supporters to protect public employees and our environment.
PEERMail: Aerial Spraying PFAS in Massachusetts
Massachusetts communities struggle with PFAS contamination in their water supplies. One source of this contamination could be insecticides.
PEERMail | Climate Change and the Transition Ahead
Government actions must reflect the reality of climate change. The Biden-Harris campaign promises to address climate change on public lands.
PEERMail | Rocky Road Ahead
The President’s “Schedule F” order – which is most likely illegal — is just the latest example of our political system spinning out of control.
PEERMail | Troubled Timber Sales at Tongass
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is suing the U.S. Forest Service to produce an audit of staggering monetary losses from past timber sales in the Tongass National Forest.
PEERMail | “Advice and Consent” Is the Law
Secretary Bernhardt continues his carousel of illegal appointments with new de facto NPS Director Margaret Emerson
PEERMail | BLM Must Embrace Climate Solutions
Bureau of Land Management must confront climate change effects as a central element of its mission, as PEER presents in a 2021 action plan.
PEERMail | Navigating These Treacherous Times
More ethical firestorms from intermingling official government duties with the upcoming election
PEERMail | The Post Office, the Environment and Government Services
The hobbling of the Post Office is yet another attempt to privatize and profit off of government services
PEERMail | Saving Rare Sea Turtles
International recognized Turtle Science and Recovery Program helps rescue loggerhead and green sea turtles but is being threatened by cuts to program funding.
PEERMail | NOAA is Choosing Extinction
As the North Atlantic right whale careens toward extinction, NOAA leaders refuse to act on the findings of the agency’s own scientists to protect them.
PEERMail | Climate Change Intensifies While University Stifles Research
Greenhouse gases continue to rise to record levels driving global climate change, but one university is curtailing research by firing influential scientist.
