Timothy Whitehouse, executive director of the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said he was encouraged the inspector general was launching an audit. “It’s a good first step,” he says, but bigger issues remain, including what Mr. Whitehouse says is a focus ...

In February, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and six other Senate Democrats asked Wiles for the donor list of Freedom 250, the private group Trump created to stage events for the nation’s 250th birthday. They cited reports that big donors were offered access to White House VIP events. In May ...

Those dollars matter. The new awards come six weeks after Islander News reported that more than half of the Florida waterways assessed by the state failed water-quality standards. DEP’s 2026 Integrated Water Quality Assessment found 2,230 of 4,252 waterbody segments, about 52%, were not ...

Additionally, some said expanding paid administrative leave options conflicts with the intent of the 2016 Administrative Leave Act, which called on agencies to use the leave type sparingly and for short-term purposes. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) argued that the ...

Others questioned the White House’s insistence that the timing was dictated by court schedules, pointing out that the government had sought extensions to filing deadlines in all three cases, including in September, submitting challenges shortly after the permitting bill was unveiled. “ ...

Tony Irish, a former associate solicitor with the Interior Department and now senior counsel at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told Utility Dive in an email, “Interior’s recent filings upend not only the settled expectations of Congress with regards to their ...

Tony Irish, senior counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, criticized the Interior Department for launching surveillance systems to “recognize, record and track” visitors and residents. Trump has said that he regrets not putting up cameras earlier. Read the PEER ...

During his 130-day tenure as head of DOGE, the department reported it saved $214 billion through asset sales, contract cancellations, fraud and improper payment deletion, programmatic changes and workforce reductions, according to a site tracking national debt. That amounted to $1,329 ...

The Trump administration’s efforts will undoubtedly make it harder for future administrations to gain the trust of offshore wind companies, which can spend billions of dollars and take nearly a decade to develop projects. But the unusual maneuver of revisiting federal permits could ...

Non-profit the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a complaint against this wording in October 2025, under the Information Quality Act, and in a response that came in September this year, EPA Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention ...

The change was made in response to a complaint filed by Peer, which pointed out that the EPA was allowing Pfoa to be produced in the US. Under the Information Quality Act, data and information made public by federal agencies be complete and accurate. “They were giving the false ...

The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) released the records Thursday. A National Park Foundation estimate put the cost of key events, including the much maligned Great American State FairGreat American State Fair, the Patriot Games and the Independence ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonpartisan group that investigates claims from government employees about environmental misconduct, on Thursday released documents detailing contract agreements and budget calculations for the events. The official National Park Service ...

A budget obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) shows that Freedom 250 events—from the empty crowds of the Great American State Fair to the low-key energy of the president’s military parade— ...

Others have documented the risk of a piece striking a plane in flight. Meanwhile, the FAA has scrapped an earlier proposal that would have required companies to remove their spacecraft from orbit within 25 years of launch. “A 21st century gold rush to extract profits from space is ...

Exposure to PFAS has been linked to a range of health issues including several types of cancer. Kyla Bennett is a former EPA scientist who now serves as the director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER. “So we do know that the three routes of ...

The lack of transparency is likely unlawful, environmental advocates and legal experts tell the Monitor. They say it leaves the public in the dark about how decisions are being made about the use of potentially dangerous chemicals. “The taxpayers have a right to know,” says Tim ...

Most contaminants placed on the federal candidate and monitoring lists have never received drinking water limits. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental watchdog organization, said its review found that only PFOA and PFOS among more than 200 chemicals or ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which has filed lawsuits over PFAS contamination in biosolids, is urging the EPA to take a more hands-on approach that reflects its first draft risk assessment. Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at PEER, said during the EPA’s ...

Environmental groups argue that the rush to put data centers in space could have far-reaching consequences, the extent of which are not fully understood. In March, a coalition of organizations, including Earthjustice and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, asked the FCC to ...