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PEERMail | Congress Must Act Now
Congress must be part of ensuring that the United States remains a nation of laws that values the environment and respects a merit-based civil service.
PEERMail | PEER’s Legal Team Just Got Even Stronger
We’re thrilled to welcome Tony Irish, a longtime Department of the Interior attorney, to the PEER team as senior counsel.
PEERMail | Is Congress Coming to Its Senses? No, But Now Is Still the Time to Act
Congress is finally feeling the heat for its deeply unpopular anti-environmental, anti-wildlife, and anti-government worker policies.
PEERMail | Rachel Carson and Earth Day
Learn about the extraordinary life of Rachel Carson, an unassuming U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service marine biologist credited with sparking the modern environmental movement.
PEERMail | A New and Dangerous Night Sky?
As our country’s relationship with space rapidly changes, PEER is tracking the possible environmental impacts of a rapidly growing number of satellites orbiting the Earth.
PEERMail | We’re Acting to Protect Our Food Supply
PEER is working with scientists, farmers, and local governments to protect America’s food supply from toxic chemicals.
PEERMail | We’re suing the Trump administration – again
PEER and a coalition of unions filed a consolidated and updated legal challenge to the Trump-Vance administration’s effort to unlawfully convert potentially tens of thousands of merit-based, nonpartisan civil servants to at-will employees.
PEERMail | Hijacking America’s Anniversary
PEER will continue to shine a light on attempts to use federal agencies and taxpayer funds for political interests rather than the public good.
PEERMail | PEER sues EPA, New Additions and More
The atmosphere at environmental, public lands, and public health agencies has become toxic, with employees enduring more than a year of inflammatory, insulting, untrue, and shockingly partisan attacks from their political leaders.
PEERMail | Free Speech, Moving Money Off the Books, and More
As the current Trump administration enters its second year, our work continues to unfold at a rapid pace.
PEERMail | New Strategy, Offshore Wind, and More
Our new strategic plan recognizes that restoring accountability is among the most urgent environmental and public health challenges of our time.
PEERMail | We’re Suing to Protect Independent Watchdogs
This lawsuit is part of our effort to make our government more transparent and accountable to Congress and the American people.
PEERMail | Taking Action to Protect Federal Employees
PEER is proud to be representing several EPA employees who have filed legal challenges to their recent firings for signing a letter of dissent warning that EPA’s actions under this administration were endangering public health and the environment.
PEERMail | Onward with Deep Appreciation
With the government now reopened, it is worth taking a moment—in this season of gratitude and reflection—to recognize the extraordinary public servants who keep this country running.
PEERMail | What the Shutdown Was Really About
Although the longest government shutdown in United States history is coming to an end, the threat to federal workers and environmental programs remains.
PEERMail | Furloughs and Firings
We now know that the Trump administration had been planning further cuts to the federal workforce during the shutdown.
PEERMail | Good News for Federal Employees!
A federal judge’s ruling puts a legal stop for the moment to one of the most blatant examples yet of the Trump administration’s abuse of power.
PEERMail | Unprecedented Shutdown and More News
This shutdown is not just a budget standoff – it’s being weaponized to consolidate power in the Executive Branch at the direct expense of the American people.
PEERMail | Climate In Danger
EPA Administrator Zeldin is trumpeting the removal of the Endangerment Finding as part of his self-proclaimed biggest deregulation in American history.
PEERMail | Entering a New Era
The fate of our work protecting the public employees and the environment is inextricably tied to our ability to combat the rise in authoritarianism and promote democratic values in our country.