Federal Agency Rules for Treasure Island Whistleblower
Washington, DC — The U.S. Department of Labor has found that the U.S. Navy illegally terminated one of its own lawyers because she stressed the need for additional measures to address radiation and...
View ArticlePark Service Pedals Backward on E-Bikes
Washington, DC — The National Park Service (NPS) has ordered all of its units to “reconsider” past approvals of electric bikes on park trails and roads, according to a new internal policy directive....
View ArticleEPA Risk Assessments Doctored to Mask Hazards
Washington, DC — Risk assessments for new and existing chemicals have been, and still are being, improperly altered to completely eliminate or minimize risk calculations, according to U.S....
View ArticleAre EPA Scientists Allowed to Talk with a Reporter?
Washington, DC — In an early test of transparency within the Biden administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is wrestling with whether to permit its staff to directly respond to...
View ArticleDrive for PFAS-Free Firefighter Gear Hits a Wall
Washington, DC — Industry is pushing back against an effort to remove toxic PFAS chemicals from the turnout gear that firefighters wear, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility...
View ArticleScientific Transparency Policies Should Be Uniform
Washington, DC — Despite Biden administration promises of scientific transparency, federal agencies today have greater discretion to withhold scientific research from public view than ever before,...
View ArticleDecades of Overgrazing Compromise 30 x 30 Goal
Washington, DC — President Biden’s goal of conserving 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030 faces a major obstacle of the government’s own making – badly overgrazed federal range land. A minimum...
View ArticleNevada Has a Very Bad Grazing Problem
Washington, DC — Federal rangeland in Nevada is being seriously damaged from overgrazing at a higher rate than any state in the West, according to a new analysis of U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)...
View ArticleReform Task Force Ignores Burgeoning Scientific Scandals
Washington, DC — The public comment period for President Biden’s Scientific Integrity Task Force ends this week with no engagement on fundamental issues, according to comments filed today by Public...
View ArticleEPA Chemical Reviews Corrupted by Industry Influence
Washington, DC — The highly-touted system of chemical risk assessments mandated by statute just five years ago has been completely captured by industry, rendering it ineffective, according to a...
View ArticleEPA Scientists Should be Able to Consult with Colleagues
Washington, DC — Scientists working at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been forbidden from speaking to colleagues concerning safety assessments of new chemicals, according to a...
View ArticlePark Service Unveils Wobbly New E-Bike Policy
Washington, DC — In the absence of a new Director and facing an imminent court ruling, the National Park Service is fumbling to fashion a new policy for allowing electric bikes onto park trails,...
View ArticleEPA Illegally Destroying Internal Records
The PEER complaint centers on two classes of documents that have been consistently discarded, contrary to law as well as EPA’s own records retention policy:read more
View ArticlePark Service Shuns Planning Law Despite Obvious Need
Washington, DC — As many national parks face crippling overcrowding, the National Park Service is eschewing longstanding statutory planning mandates, according to documents posted today by Public...
View ArticleRemoval of Toxic PFAS from Firefighter Gear Blocked
Washington, DC — An industry-dominated standards setting body has rejected efforts to remove cancer-causing chemicals from firefighters’ protective gear, according to Public Employees for Environmental...
View ArticleFlorida Pollution Enforcement Fell into COVID Coma
Tallahassee — Florida’s anti-pollution enforcement efforts approached all-time lows in several areas during 2020 with some disastrous gaps, such as phospho-gypsum mining, according to a new analysis of...
View ArticleInterior Wild Horse Focus Ignores Cattle Impacts
Washington, DC — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to blame wild horses for ecological damage across the West while avoiding analysis of its own massive livestock grazing program,...
View ArticleColorado AG Probe Confirms Air Pollution Failures
Washington, DC — A report issued today from a law firm engaged by the Colorado Attorney General found the state’s environmental agency improperly issued air pollution permits that exacerbated air...
View ArticleHUD Resists Public Housing Radon Safeguards
Washington, DC — Hundreds of thousands of public housing residents remain at risk from radon exposure due to intransigence within holdover management at the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban...
View ArticleFAA Off Course on National Park Air Tour Plans
Washington, DC — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Park Service (NPS) are skipping key steps required under law as they struggle to finalize long-delayed air tour management plans...
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