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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
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PEER supports current and former public employees who seek a higher standard of environmental ethics and scientific integrity within their agencies.
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📢 We're hiring! PEER is seeking a Staff Counsel to help defend public employees who protect the environment, public lands, and public health.

Apply now to join our team at this critical time, or help us find the right person by sharing this opportunity.
🔗 https://ow.ly/lKf050XcFNB
Open Position | Staff Counsel
PEER seeks a Staff Counsel to counsel and represent public employees, initiate litigation, and help orchestrate campaigns.
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Ten months into the Trump administration, one thing is clear: protecting public employees and the environment depends on our ability to combat rising authoritarianism and promote democratic values.

https://ow.ly/jyyq50XnWJP

#DemocracyMatters
COMMENTARY | Confronting the Rise of Authoritarianism
The the fate of our work protecting public employees and the environment is dependent on our ability to combat authoritarianism and promote democratic values.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A recycling industry group has stopped classifying certain fluorinated plastic containers as recyclable, since the fluorination process creates high levels of PFAS. This could spark manufacturing reforms to keep forever chemicals out of food and consumer products.

https://ow.ly/Pgyn50Xn7hc

#PFAS
Recyclers Ban Fluorinated Containers Due to PFAS
EPA Being Sued for Its Failure to Stop This Forever Chemical Contamination
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November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Congress needs to listen to the experts who’ve warned that this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan will have serious negative impacts. Thank you @protectnps.bsky.social for standing up for wildlife.
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In tomorrow's election, federal employees won't get paid leave to vote or volunteer as a poll-worker — even those already working without pay during the shutdown.

https://ow.ly/LOzK50XlPOg

#ElectionDay #FederalEmployees #Shutdown
Unpaid Federal Employees Denied Time Off to Vote
Trump Reversal of Time-Off Policy Aggravates Shutdown Inequities
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November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
PEER has identified four Interior officials who aren't legally qualified to serve as "acting" leaders, but who are publicly using “acting” titles and signing official agency actions under those titles.

🔗 https://ow.ly/xE2B50XkWeU

#FVRA
PEER Warns Interior’s Illegal Use of “Acting” Officials Puts Department Decisions in Legal Jeopardy
Group Says Second Trump Administration Repeating Same Vacancies Act Violations Struck Down the First Time
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October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Today, PEER filed a complaint challenging EPA's false claim that one of the two most widely used forms of PFAS is no longer produced domestically.
https://ow.ly/CSQM50XjOsn

#ForeverChemicals
EPA's Principal Claim of PFAS Progress Is Untrue
Deadly Long-chains Are Manufactured Daily and Threaten Public Health
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October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Bulldozers and backhoes have razed the East Wing of the White House to make way for Trump's big, beautiful ballroom. As usual, Trump has barreled ahead, ignoring the law, tradition, and concerns about historic preservation and good taste.
COMMENTARY | East Wing Demolition Metaphor for Trump Governance
Trump has barreled ahead with razing the East Wing of the White House, heedless of the law, tradition, or concerns about historic protection and good taste.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Tonight at 7pm ET, join PEER for @whistlep2p.bsky.social's October roundtable as we confront the systemic barriers that silence truth-tellers, explore the protections they deserve, and spotlight the courage it takes to challenge powerful interests.

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Guardians of the Planet: Environmental Whistleblowing
As pollution, climate change, and ecological crises accelerate, the role of whistleblowers in defending the planet has never been more vital
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October 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“The new policy puts profit for commercial ranchers first and our public lands dead last,” said PEER Western Lands and Rocky Mountain Advocate Chandra Rosenthal.
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
EPA intends to rescind its landmark greenhouse gas endangerment finding, threatening public health and signaling the disturbing erosion of science-backed decision making at our federal agencies.

Read more about the shaky science and shady tactics behind this move:
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#climate
COMMENTARY | EPA’s Rollback of Endangerment Finding is Cloaked in Secrecy and Science-Denial
The proposal to repeal the endangerment finding is part of a concentrated effort by the Trump administration to abandon science in favor of a political agenda.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed into Alaska last week, unleashing winds and record-breaking storm surges that devastated 2 Native villages. Even as the toll of climate change mounts, state leaders are determined to keep their heads buried in the melting permafrost.

https://ow.ly/VV0850XfR9X
COMMENTARY | Alaska Can No Longer Ignore Climate Change: Latest Disaster Should Be Wake-Up Call
Remnants of typhoon Halong battered Alaska with hellacious winds and record-breaking storm surges, yet policies are unlikely to change in its aftermath.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
📢 We're hiring! PEER is seeking a Staff Counsel to help defend public employees who protect the environment, public lands, and public health.

Apply now to join our team at this critical time, or help us find the right person by sharing this opportunity.
🔗 https://ow.ly/lKf050XcFNB
Open Position | Staff Counsel
PEER seeks a Staff Counsel to counsel and represent public employees, initiate litigation, and help orchestrate campaigns.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Good news for federal employees and the rule of law! A federal judge has immediately halted the Trump Administration’s illegal firing of federal workers during the shutdown.

Read the full statement from PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse.
https://ow.ly/qo1c50Xc4kO

#Shutdown
STATEMENT | Federal Court Ruling Halting Illegal Firings of Federal Workers - PEER.org
Today’s court ruling is a victory for federal employees, for the rule of law, and for the principle that public servants cannot be used as political pawns.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
How does rising authoritarianism threaten environmental protection and public service? Experts from PEER, Environmental Protection Network, and Next Interior shared their insights during last week's webinar.

Watch the recording today.
🔗 https://ow.ly/EPQ950X9QH7

#CivilService #PublicEmployees
Webinar | Environmental Protection, Public Service, and the Rise of Authoritarianism
Listen in on an important discussion on the threats to environmental protection and public employees during the rise of authoritarianism.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Federal agencies are drawing up plans to fire employees who would typically be furloughed during a shutdown. For the National Park Service, the proposed layoffs would be devastating.

🔗 https://ow.ly/AeLE50X9fnL

#shutdown #NationalParks
COMMENTARY | Shutdown Could Provide Glimpse into the Future of Public Lands
The Department of Interior is gearing up to slash its workforce, and as past shutdowns indicate, this means danger ahead for our parks and public lands.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Supreme Court appears poised to overrule almost 100 years of well-established law protecting the independence of small, bipartisan, expert administrative agencies—key safeguards against authoritarianism by the Executive Branch.

https://ow.ly/THhk50X7N2Q
COMMENTARY | The Supreme Court Must Stop the Slide to Authoritarian Rule
The Supreme Court has set the stage for a descent to authoritarian rule in a series of quick rulings that have favored President Trump.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Federal agencies' messages blaming Democrats or the “Radical Left in Congress” for the government shutdown constitute illegal use of taxpayer dollars for partisan and propaganda purposes.

https://ow.ly/pSLt50X7hsJ
Trump Shutdown Messaging Is Illegal Propaganda
Criminal Prosecution for Misuse of Funds Unlikely by Partisan DOJ
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October 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This government shutdown has crossed into unprecedented territory. Instead of just a budget standoff, it’s being used to dismantle oversight, sideline federal workers, and expand executive power.

https://ow.ly/9Rva50X58FT

#GovernmentShutdown #PublicEmployees #Shutdown
STATEMENT | We’re Entering Unprecedented Territory With This Shutdown - PEER.org
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.
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October 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to hold EPA accountable for violating its duty to remove toxic forever chemicals from sewage sludge that is sold to farmers as “biosolids” fertilizer.

https://ow.ly/yGWq50X4wea

#foreverchemicals #pfas #texas #MOFGA Potomac Riverkeeper Network
Court Blocks Action on PFAS in Sewage Sludge Fertilizers
Decision Leaves Communities Vulnerable to Toxic Pollution
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September 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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As a potential government shutdown looms, more than 35 former park superintendents are urging the administration to close parks if staff are furloughed. Leaving them open without staff is dangerous for visitors & devastating for fragile resources, as we saw in 2019.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Close National Parks if Government Shuts Down, Former Superintendents Plead
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September 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Trump admin is threatening to fire federal workers en masse if there is a government shutdown. PEER will continue to stand with govt employees and provide the support they need to fight back against this unlawful plan.

Read our statement: peer.org/statement-t...

#GovernmentShutdown
STATEMENT | Trump Administration’s Threat to Conduct Mass Firings if Shutdown Happens Is Illegal and a Further Movement into a Lawless State - PEER.org
In response to the Trump Administration’s threat to conduct mass firings of government employees if there is a government shutdown, PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse issued the following statement.
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September 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Over three years after EPA's Inspector General flagged concerns, the agency still allows workers and the public to be exposed to one of the nation’s most popular fumigants without adequate cancer warnings.

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#agriculture #pesticides #publichealth
EPA Perpetuates Scientific Fraud in Pesticide Cancer Risks
More Than 3 Years after IG Report, EPA Has Not Made Needed Corrections
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September 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Some of EPA's top scientists are leaving the agency as it ends its focus on basic scientific research. The departure of these world-class experts puts public health and environmental protection at risk.
En Masse Departure of EPA’s Top Scientists
World’s Leading Scientists Departing Public Service This Month
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September 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Public servants are fighting back.

Hundreds of federal employees have signed powerful dissent letters exposing the Trump administration's attacks on public health, safety, and the environment.

http://peer.org/comm...

#dissent
COMMENTARY | Trump Administration Descends on Dissenters: They’re Still Speaking Out
A recent series of dissent letters signed by federal government employees documents the devastation this administration is inflicting.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
📅 On Oct 7 at 4pm ET, join us for an important, interactive webinar on the threats facing environmental protection and public employees during the rise of authoritarianism.

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#Authoritarianism
#Environment
#PublicEmployees
You are invited to join a webinar: Environmental Protection, Public Service and the Rise of Authoritarianism. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
After nine months of the Trump administration, it is important to recognize the moment we are in – one where the fate of our work protecting public employees and the environment is inextricably linked to our ability to combat the rise in authoritarianism and promote democratic values in our country. Join us for an important, engaging and interactive discussion on the threats to environmental protection and public employees during the rise of authoritarianism and explore how we in the environmental movement can be more effective in our work. Speakers will include Tim Whitehouse, PEER’s executive director, Joanna Citron Day, PEER’s general counsel and Kyla J. Bennett, PEER’s science policy director, as well as special guests.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM