PEERMail | Anti-Science Agenda Getting a Green Light
Failure to address the pandemic lies with Trump and politicians like Mitch McConnell who have a long history gutting funding of our public health agencies and ignoring the advice of scientists and health advocates ...
BLOG: How Mitch McConnell Gutted the Pandemic Response
While he has been the Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell has led efforts to cut $1.6 trillion in critical funding for CDC and NIH research. And now, as our public health services are begging for resources to save lives from the pandemic, Americans are living the policy result of Sen ...
PEER Letter to Suspend Action During Coronavirus Crisis
A coalition of more than 90 conservation groups issued a letter to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt urging the department to "suspend major policy changes, changes to regulations, oil and gas lease sales and public comment periods ...
BLOG: Self-Dealing, COVID-19 and the Public Trust
U.S. Senators sold millions of dollars in stock after receiving non-public information during Congressional briefings in January on the coronavirus threat ...
Coronavirus Leaves National Parks in Leaderless Limbo
Park Entrance Fees Waived as Visitor Centers Shuttered and Staff Telework ...