Protecting Waterways, Wetlands and Drinking Water
PEER is a defender of clean water protections throughout the United States. When government agencies cave to special interests and make decisions that jeopardize the health of our nation’s waters, PEER steps in.
We fight to ensure the government protects all our rivers, lakes, wetlands, aquifers and coastal waters from polluters and special interest groups and to ensure everyone has a safe, sufficient supply of clean water.
We will work around the clock to press the Biden administration to stand strong against big polluters and make sure our waterways have the protections they need.
Too many people are drinking water contaminated with chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and microbes. PEER fights to secure clean, safe drinking water for all Americans.
L.A. River Poisoned by Toxic PCBs
Santa Susana Likely Suspect but Water Board Withholding Documents
NEWS FROM PEER – Water & Wetlands
Lawsuit Probes Oak Ridge Clean Water Waiver
What Did EPA Administrator Regan Know When He Overruled His Experts?
Water Board Still in Dark About Santa Susana Discharges
Staff Withholding Documents on PCB Poisoning of LA River on Eve of Vote
Evi Emmenegger: Blowing the Whistle on Biosafety
After 28 years of excellent job performance, Evi Emmenegger was targeted and fired by USGS management for raising a series of biosafety concerns.
PEERMail | An Epic Journey You Won’t Want to Miss
Bloomberg Businessweek featured an epic quest by our Science Policy Director to uncover why her town’s drinking water was contaminated with PFAS.
L.A. River Poisoned by Toxic PCBs
Santa Susana Likely Suspect but Water Board Withholding Documents
Op-Ed | San Francisco’s Sewage Agency Also Needs Some Treatment
San Francisco taxpayers and ratepayers are footing the bill in the fight against tougher sewage controls on its oceanside outlets since 2019.
Major San Francisco Sewage Flooding Likely to Recur
Outfall Closure Makes City More Vulnerable in Atmospheric River Events
Nutrient Bomb Set to Detonate in San Francisco Bay
$3 Billion Plan Will Inject Even More Nutrients into Degraded Estuary
Florida’s Environment Spirals Downward Under DeSantis
Nosedive in Anti-Pollution Enforcement Leading to Declining Water Quality
San Francisco PUC Awash in Water Pollution Violations
City Agency Facing Stiff Fines Amid Pending Federal & State Legal Sanctions
PEERMail | Supreme Court Guts Wetlands Protections
Special interests have finally succeeded in getting the Supreme Court to eliminate Clean Water Act protections for wetlands and small streams.
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 | Biden Strengthens Clean Water Rules
The new regulations repeal a Trump-era rule, called the “Dirty Water Rule” by many, that left millions of acres of waterways unprotected from pollution.
Maine Eyeing Sears Island for Port Again
Advocates Caution that Demonstration Wind Project Does Not Require Destroying Island Gem
NOAA Trashes Seabeds It Studies
Call for NOAA to End Research Bottom Trawling in Gulf of Mexico
PEERMail | The Oceans Need Real Action for 30×30 to Succeed
30×30 is an opportunity to make real headway towards conserving lands, oceans and waterways but so far, the Biden administration is falling short
Florida’s Seagrass Under Relentless Pollution Assault
Florida’s Fabled “Forgotten Coast” Beset by Torrent of Sewage Violations
COMMENTARY | PEER works with Lawmakers to Fight Conowingo License
PEER continues to work to compel Exelon Corp., owners of the Conowingo Dam, to clean it up and mitigate the ongoing risk to the Chesapeake Bay
VIDEO | Conowingo Dam: Last Chance for a Fair Deal
Waterkeepers on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland are working to hold Exelon accountable for its fair share of the Conowingo Dam cleanup.
EPA’s PFAS Action Plan A Dud
Response Too Weak and Limited to Protect Public Health
