PEER Blog

Former DOE scientist Bill Dam reveals groundwater contamination coming from several former uranium mills in Wyoming, endangering two Native American tribes ...

In light of the dangerous pattern of retaliation by the Trump Administration against those who report wrongdoing, it is more important than ever to preserve and reform federal whistleblower protections ...

Trump plans to stage a dangerous distraction disguised as fireworks at Mt. Rushmore, risking both wildfires and potentially, public health from the crowds ...

Pollinators are collapsing around the world and even more so in the United States. What we are witnessing is an “insect apocalypse ...

Not passing the HEROES Act will have devastating consequences to the economy, state governments and the public sector workforce ...

National Forests receive less attention than parks during COVID-19, but overcrowding, lack of resources, and risk to gateway communities are the same ...

The advice the government gets from its formal scientific advisors should be robust and independent, and the government should rely on the expertise of those advisors ...

The University of Colorado Boulder needs to ensure that special interests are not controlling climate change research conducted by university scientists ...

In the midst of a pandemic, corruption at the Department of Interior continues with slashed oil and gas royalties and fines on renewable energy companies ...

In order for national parks to remain “America’s Best Idea,” park managers must move from merely maximizing crowds to actually managing them ...

The outrage over recent racial violence and injustice, has been another reminder of our failure to address a history of racism and economic injustice ...

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 ...

Trump's firing of the State Department’s Inspector General should send a shiver of fear down the spine of every oversight functionary left in Washington ...

The new EPA plan to restrict science is subject to the interests of political appointees and is not based on exisitng scientific integrity standards ...

PEER and Western Watersheds Project sued the Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, alleging that Bernhardt has used temporary appointees to lead the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management in violation of federal laws and the U.S. Constitution ...

The case of Dr. Rick Bright concerning corruption in federal vaccine development should be Exhibit A for serious reform of the federal whistleblower system by the next Congress ...

What makes whistleblowers finally blow the whistle? When their daily outrage at wrongdoing begins to outweigh their personal risk ...

Interior Secretary Bernhardt ordered the Lincoln Memorial closed so that President Trump could give an interview on the current pandemic ...

Recent actions by the Environmental Protection Agency’s current leadership cast a sad reality- the EPA should sit out Earth Day this year ...

During the pandemic, PEER continues to support government whistleblowers, protect public employees, and represent epidemiologists at both the CDC and EPA ...