REPORT | The Collapse of Environmental Enforcement Under Trump’s EPA
The Trump administration has repeatedly shown that it will not enforce laws that do not serve its interests.
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WEBINAR | Climate Change, Governance, and the Trump Administration
Join PEER, the Environmental Protection Network, and special guests for a discussion on what we can do in the U.S. to counter attacks on climate programs.
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LAWSUIT | PEER Sues the Trump Administration
We’re taking the Trump administration to court to stop its plan to pack the civil service with political loyalists.
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PEER Sues EPA After Agency Fails to Produce Evidence to Back up Zeldin’s Defamatory Remarks Against EPA Staff
Claims of Widespread Absenteeism and Ghost Employees Unsupported
Government Lawyer and Investigator Aaron Lloyd Joins PEER as Senior Counsel
Lloyd Brings Extensive Experience from Both Government Service and Private Practice
Under EPA’s Zeldin, Pollution Enforcement Dying a Quick Death
Department of Justice Civil Pollution Settlements Plummet to Record Lows
Enforcement of laws against polluters nearly non-existent in US, analysis finds
Critics: Trump’s Freedom250 is ‘pay-for-play,’ lacks transparency
Potential conflicts over celebrating America’s 250th anniversary spill out in congressional hearing
COMMENTARY | Testimony on Freedom 250 and the Lack of Transparency in America’s Semiquincentennial
PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse testified before the House Natural Resources Committee about the role of Freedom 250, a private, Trump-aligned company, in planning the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations.
COMMENTARY | Evisceration of the Federal Communications Commission NEPA
The FCC is on the verge of promulgating NEPA rules that would further weaken its already skeletal NEPA rules and further exempt itself from NEPA obligations.
COMMENTARY | Trump and Congress Just Gifted Big Oil a Multimillion Dollar Stocking Stuffer
As Congress recesses this week, it quietly gave the oil industry a multimillion dollar tax break by allowing the 9 cent-per-barrel oil tax into the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to expire on December 31.
