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News Releases

Federal Court Rules that CREW and PEER Records Lawsuit Against Pruitt and EPA May Proceed

Washington — This week, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg issued an order allowing a Federal Records Act (FRA) lawsuit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and…

AUTOPSY OF TOXIC EPA PRESS OFFICE

Documents Depict Tax-Supported War Room Engaged in Character Assassination

WHEELER NEEDS TO UN-GAG THE EPA

Transparency Should Extend Beyond Calendars to Include Science

WHEELER SHOULD RELAX PRUITT CHOKEHOLDS ON EPA OPERATION

Administrator Consolidated Decision-Making Marginalized Regional Offices

EPA STILL CANNOT FIND PRUITT’S ALTERNATE CLIMATE SCIENCE

Agency Asks Court for More Time to Develop “an Appropriate Search Methodology”

EPA AGENTS FIGHTING ECO-CRIME DROP AS SECURITY DETAIL GROWS

Fewer Investigators Translates into Fewer Referrals, Prosecutions, and Defendants

EPA PROMISES STEPS TO PREVENT CHILD-LEAD DUST EXPOSURE

Whistleblower Disclosure Forces Grudging Progress in Housing Renovation Program

SF-OWNED HUNTERS POINT PARCELS SOIL TESTING FALSIFIED

EPA Finds 93% of Soil Samples Unreliable on Parcels Transferred to City in 2015

COURT ORDERS PRUITT TO PRODUCE HIS ALTERNATE CLIMATE SCIENCE

EPA Must Look for Any Scientific Study Supporting Pruitt’s Doubts on Human Role

PRUITT LEGAL DEFENSE FUND UNETHICAL AND POSSIBLY CRIMINAL

Attorney General Asked to Review Pruitt’s Fundraising to Fend Off Official Inquiries



White Papers
Trading Thin AirEPA's Plan to Allow Open Market Trading of Air Pollution Credits (June 2000)
This report details the problems plaguing EPA plans for open market trading of air pollution credits and explains their consequences for public health and the environment. more >>

Murky WatersAn Inside Look at EPA's Implementation of the Clean Water Act (May 1999)
An inside look at EPA's implementation of the Clean Water Act. This report contains a set of recommendations to remedy the deficiencies in the water quailty assesment for our nation's rivers and streams. more >>

Genetic GenieThe Premature Commercial Release of Genetically Engineered Bacteria (August 1995)
The EPA is preparing to approve the first commercial release of genetically engineered bacteria for use in agriculture. EPA scientists charge that the agency has not adequately assessed the environmental or human health risks of releasing this new life form into the environment. more >>

Surveys
2010  2010 EPA Criminal Investigation Division Agents Survey

2003  EPA Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics & Training Survey

2003  2003 PEER Survey of EPA Region 8 Employees

1998  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 1 Survey

Other PEER Activities
PEER Campaign: EPA and Human Testing

PEER Opposition to the Confirmation of Donald Schregardus as Assistant Administrator for Enforcement & Compliance Assurance (OECA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Read PEER's comments on the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) proposed rulemaking