PEERMail is our biweekly newsletter – find out what PEER has been up to and keep track of the latest environmental news.
PEERMail: Taking Trump to Court Over Clean Water
PEER joined 13 conservation groups in filing a lawsuit in federal court against the administration’s effort to eliminate clean water protections for wetlands and streams that feed drinking-water sources for 200 million Americans.
PEERMail: It Came From Outer Space
PEER may have helped avert an existential threat to the planet. This time the source was not Donald Trump but something possibly even worse – Silicon Valley greed.
PEERMail: We Need More Than Oversight
Don’t get me wrong. For the past two years, congressional oversight has been synonymous with congressional overlook. Scrutiny enforced by subpoena would be a welcome change. If the past two years show anything, it’s that inside the Trump-sphere of alternative facts...
PEERMail: EPA Issues a Death Sentence
Last week’s bizarre disappearing act involving a new acting Interior Inspector General was no anomaly – it is part of an emerging pattern.
PEERMail: The Demise of Advise and Consent
Last week’s bizarre disappearing act involving a new acting Interior Inspector General was no anomaly – it is part of an emerging pattern.
PEERMail: Shuffling the Deck Chairs
The best way to disrupt a public agency is to reorganize it. Thus, it not surprising that the Trump administration is in a reorganization lather.
PEERMail: Honor and Duty in Today’s Federal Service
When Trump was first elected, I asked one federal manager what was going to happen to his environmental program. He replied, “I have no idea – we’re in the clown car to crazy town.”
PEERMail: Why Does Ryan Zinke Have to be Such a Putz?
We thought Ryan Zinke was supposed to be the sane Trump cabinet member but perhaps that has become a contradiction in terms.
PEERMail: Trump Is Looking for a Few Good Scientists
The White House is looking for a few good toxicologists.
