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As we deal with this global pandemic, PEER is adapting and responding, and continuing our work of protecting public employees who protect our environment, natural resources and public health.
First, we’re prioritizing the health of our staff by practicing social distancing and working from home. With today’s modern technologies, we won’t miss a beat, though.
Our work watch-dogging the Trump administration will continue as we expose corruption, malfeasance and anti-science agendas in government. Working with employee contacts, we will also attempt to expose and help remedy harmful breakdowns of pollution controls, natural resource protections and public health protections.
Finally, we will be working to make sure that public employees are afforded appropriate protections at work, including such measures as liberal teleworking and other steps needed to reduce the risk of infection at work.
EPA Creating a Pandemic of Pollution Since Covid-19 Crisis
Despite the connection between exposure to air pollution and adverse outcomes from COVID-19, EPA continues to accelerate its efforts to gut important air quality protections, unleashing what a new staff report by U.S. Senator Carper calls a “pandemic of pollution.” Since March 1, EPA has rolled back vehicle fuel economy standards, relaxing efforts to limit tailpipe pollution and virtually undoing one of the government’s most significant efforts to combat climate change. Read More »
CORONAVIRUS NEWS FROM PEER
BLOG | Don’t Mention COVID-19 at NOAA
NOAA has informed its employees to avoid mentions of COVID-19 in publicly available documents as the hyper-political White House attempts to win reelection.
...BLOG | The Decimation of the Public Sector Workforce
Not passing the HEROES Act will have devastating consequences to the economy, state governments and the public sector workforce.
...PEERMail | Wrong Approach to Reopening
Federal agencies are under White House pressure to "reopen" by bringing federal workers back to their offices. This is the wrong approach to reopening!
...BLOG | National Forests and COVID-19. What’s Happening?
National Forests receive less attention than parks during COVID-19, but overcrowding, lack of resources, and risk to gateway communities are the same.
...EPA Failing CDC Criteria for Re-Opening Offices
No Regional Office Meets “Gating Criteria” or Ensures CDC Safeguards
...EPA Halts Re-Opening New England Office
Data Shows Infections Still Exceed CDC “Gating Criteria” for Phase One
...National Parks Irresponsible Refusal to Enforce Distancing
Disney World Will Embrace Public Health Measures NPS Eschews
...PEERMail | 100,000 and Counting – A Grim Milestone
As we pass a grim mortality milestone for the COVID-19 pandemic, this immense death toll highlights the distressing extent of our national incapacity.
...Orlando Chronic Sewage Breakdowns Fester
Spills Risk COVID Exposure Yet No Abatement or Enforcement
...BLOG | EPA Creating A “Pandemic of Pollution” Since COVID-19 Crisis
Despite the connection between exposure to air pollution and adverse outcomes from COVID-19, EPA continues to accelerate its efforts to gut important air quality protections, unleashing what a
