PEER Blog

Proposed Definition of ‘Habitat’ Could Spell Trouble for Marine Life  What do right whales, loggerhead sea turtles and the western snowy plover have in common? All three of these species ply the waters off America’s coasts, and all face pressure from climate change. And soon, the ...

A federal court in Montana is now determining which of William Pendley's actions as illegal head of the BLM should be invalidated ...

Should we be using pesticides when spraying for mosquitoes that may compromise someone’s respiratory system during a pandemic ...

The EPA’s Formaldehyde Report has still not seen the light of day, despite what the EPA says ...

Judge rules WIlliam Pendley cannot serve as a de facto Director of the BLM despite the anemic arguments to the contrary by David Bernhardt ...

White House pressuring the FDA and CDC to ignore science and stick to political messaging on the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Public lands in Nevada are being leased for oil and gas extraction despite little financial benefits to government but big losses to the public ...

NOAA appointee Legates is unqualified, illegally appointed, and an eager spokesperson for anti-science/climate denier crusaders ...

The Forest Service hopes to pass a new rule making it easier for private companies to drill for oil and gas on our national forest systems ...

Major issues with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), including a large backlog of cases, have rendered the Whistleblower Protection Act dead ...

“Recognizing that things have gotten so out of hand, Congress must enact new, strong enforcement mechanisms to free us from the grip of “alternative facts.” Failure to do so will mean we did not learn the hard lesson of the Trump experience and we have left the door open for it ...

Kyla Bennett testified in front of the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission to require a robust analysis of the impacts of oil and gas development ...

Under the Trump administration, BLM has declined even further than in previous decades. We hope for a brighter future for BLM, which is so needed ...

EPA delayed and continues to delay release of its interactive PFAS map, which shows local sources of PFAS, forever chemicals linked to cancer ...

A new administration must stop address climate change, stop the fossil fuel madness and rapidly work to heal our degraded public lands ...

The EPA is crippling the Environmental Appeals Board, disempowering communities and enabling polluters ...

Trump's latest attempt to avoid the Senate’s confirmation process is Lanny Erdos of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ...

PEER outlines the critical steps that the National Park Service must take in order to return the agency to its original mission and move into the future ...

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s Autocratic Power Grab In an obscure announcement on July 22nd about President Trump’s border wall obsession, the Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, stated that he was handing 66 acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the ...

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 ...