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Call for California Crackdown on PFAS-Laden Pesticide
May 13, 2026
Herbicide May Pose Undisclosed Threat to Health and the Environment
PEER Sues Department of the Interior Over Department’s Refusal To Release Key Freedom 250 Documents
May 11, 2026
Lawsuit Demands Transparency on Private, Trump-Aligned Entity
EPA Alone Pursues Discipline Against Federal Workers Who Signed Dissent Letter
May 6, 2026
FEMA, NIH, NSF, and NASA Took No Action or Reversed Discipline Against Letter Signers
Veteran Interior Department Attorney Tony Irish Joins PEER as Senior Counsel
Irish Brings Over Two Decades of Experience in Federal Administrative Law and Government Oversight
Sharp Dropoff in EPA Scientific Publications
May 5, 2026
Fewer Scientists and Tighter Restrictions under Trump
Following NYT Report That Revealed White House Ballroom Contractor Got a Sweetheart Deal on Lafayette Park Renovation, PEER Calls for Congressional Oversight and Public Hearings
April 28, 2026
According to The Report, NPS Awarded a No-Bid Contract for The Renovation Project to A Contractor Favored by President Trump
Trump Administration Expands “Emergency” Logging to Majority of National Forest Lands, Raising Oversight Concerns
PEER FOIA Requests Seek to Determine Whether Environmental Laws Are Being Bypassed Under Sweeping Emergency Designation
Yellowstone Workers and Families in Toxic Housing
April 27, 2026
Lead-Based Paint Hazards Remain Unabated in Many Housing Units
Massive Interior Reorg Fails to Show Promised Savings
April 22, 2026
Agency Has No Records of “Significant Efficiencies” from Restructuring
Trump Grazing Policy: Leave No Cow Behind
April 14, 2026
Mandate of “No Net Loss” of Commercial Livestock on Public Range
Minnesota Sustainable Forestry Certification Challenged
April 3, 2026
State Timber Quotas Faulted for Excessive Conservation Damages
Blockbuster New Documents Show EPA Employees Should Never Have Been Fired
April 2, 2026
Attorneys Urge Charges Be Dropped and Employees Reinstated
Forest Service Sheds Research Capacity in Move to Utah
USDA Abandons Science, Closing 57 Forest Service Research Stations
Satellite Solar Reflecting Mirrors Merit Environmental Review
March 31, 2026
“Sunlight on Demand” in Night Skies Carries Potential Significant Impacts
Colorado Should Stop Using PFAS-Laden Pesticides
March 30, 2026
Legislators & Public Health Groups Ask Governor to Ban Forever Chemicals
As Rangeland Health Declines, BLM Stops Monitoring
March 26, 2026
Science-Based Land Management Falls Victim to Trump Budget Cuts
FCC Must Consider Impacts of Million-Satellite Constellation
March 24, 2026
SpaceX Opposes Any Review of Environmental Effects in the United States
Toxic Sewage Sludge Fertilizer Fight at the Appeals Court
March 18, 2026
EPA Shirking Its Duty to Protect Farmers, Gardeners, Food, and Water from PFAS Contamination
Newly released EPA Documents Support Employees Free Speech Rights
March 13, 2026
Fired EPA Employees Targeted for Exercising Constitutional Rights
New Testing Detects Toxic PFAS in Herbicide Applied Across Public Lands
March 10, 2026
Findings Raise Urgent Questions About Human Health, Wildlife, and Ecosystem Impacts