Climate Change and Energy Dependence
Climate change is an urgent threat that demands decisive government action. PEER works to hold government accountable to ambitious climate goals based on sound science and policy and supports holistic approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building resiliency in our communities.
Our work supports meaningful climate actions at the federal, state and local level, including efforts to rapidly increase clean energy production, improve energy conservation, preserve nature and biodiversity, decrease our use of toxic chemicals and pesticides, and improve our agricultural practices.
We are also a watchdog for hidden dangers and scams that result from any new climate program. Our efforts to address climate change must occur in the context of transparency, scientific integrity, and the support of meaningful dissent, and there must be systems in place to evaluate the effectiveness of climate and energy programs.
COMMENTARY | Why the Chilling Fight Behind Climate Change?
This country cannot be locked into a new generation of toxic refrigerants, many of which have significant global warming potential.
NEWS FROM PEER – Climate and Energy
COMMENTARY | Did You Know? Carbon Capture and Storage is a False Climate Solution
CCS does not address the GHG emissions, environmental degradation, or public health consequences from the build-out of infrastructure.
New Analysis Shows Maryland Is Wasting Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Subsidizing Trash Incineration
Classification of Trash Incineration as “Renewable” Hurts the Climate and Consumers
REPORT | Maryland’s Energy Subsidies Are Going Up in Flames
The Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2024 would eliminate trash incineration from Maryland’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard.
Webinar | Climate and Environmental Impacts of Agriculture
Watch this webinar to learn about the extensive impacts of animal agriculture on the environment, climate, and our health.
EPA Rejects Air-Pollution Permits for Oil, Gas Wells in Colorado
Win for Clean Air Calls Into Question Effectiveness of Pollution Controls
PEERMail | Climate and Agriculture Heat Up
Please join us for a webinar on climate change and industrial agriculture. We will discuss the true impacts of animal agriculture, among other topics.
Supersonic Climate Impacts No Concern for NASA
Agency Has Not Come to Grips with Eco-Consequences of Supersonic Flight
PEERMail | A Gaping Climate Blind Spot
PEER is requesting intervention to jump-start the long-overdue environmental review of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline: Gaping Climate Blind Spot
No Federal Assessments of Climate Change Impacts Upon or From Pipeline
COMMENTARY | Why the Chilling Fight Behind Climate Change?
This country cannot be locked into a new generation of toxic refrigerants, many of which have significant global warming potential.
Maryland Should Lift Curtain on Its Renewable Portfolio
Past Reports Cloak Dirty Energy Subsidies and Assessment of Actual Impacts
COMMENTARY | New Green Guides Must Address Renewable Energy
Concern about climate change creates fertile ground for misleading marketing claims around renewable energy and other environmental issues.
Waste Incinerators’ Toxic Output Should Be Reported
Incinerator Chemical Releases Not Included in EPA Toxics Release Inventory
COMMENTARY | Speed Bumps on the Road to Sustainable Mining
To transition from fossil fuels to electric transportation requires an increase in electric generating capacity and copper is the best conductor in the world.
COMMENTARY | Suspend your disbelief—Minnesota Permitting Process Self-Corrects
An air pollution permit granted illegally in to a power plant in Minnesota has been suspended pending environmental review.
Webinar | Our Health and Our Changing Climate
Coffee Talk Webinar Series, Episode 4: A conversation with NIH research oncologist Dr. Christine Berg on the intersection of health and climate change. Watch the video!
Supersonic Jet Climate Fears Not Relayed to NASA Brass
“Major Concern” over Climate and Ozone from Independent Panel Buried
COMMENTARY | Conowingo: A Better Deal Coming for the Chesapeake Bay
In a major victory for waterman and environmental groups, courts have vacated the licensing for Maryland’s Conowingo Dam.
COMMENTARY | Minnesota Agency Reverses Course on Illegal Permit
One Minnesota agency corrected its misstep and retracted a bad permit but time will tell if the others follow suit.
New NASA Supersonic Jet Is a Climate Debacle
Huge Fuel Consumption Threatens Carbon Net Zero Aviation Goal