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The Unspoken Environmental Impact of Meat: Hogging all the land

by PEER | October 20, 2023
While the lawsuit concerns the desert tortoise, Molvar said the problem extends far beyond this sliver of Nevada. BLM is generally mandated by federal law to assess the environmental health of grazing land before it renews ranchers permits, but Molvar said the agency often fails to do so ...

PEER Sues EPA In Bid To Assess Legality Of Oak Ridge Cleanup Decision

by PEER |
An environmental whistleblower group is suing EPA over its failure to make a final determination on the group’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking records relating to the agency’s decision to uphold a controversial and precedent-setting Trump-era Superfund cleanup ...

Louisiana Officials to Consider State’s First Black Bear Hunting Season in Decades

by PEER | October 19, 2023
While state wildlife officials point to the Louisiana black bear’s resurgence as a true conservation success story, the proposed hunt is not without controversy. In 2018, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a lawsuit alleging that native black bear ...

Lawsuit Probes Oak Ridge Clean Water Waiver

by PEER |
What Did EPA Administrator Regan Know When He Overruled His Experts ...

Water Board Still in Dark About Santa Susana Discharges

by PEER | October 18, 2023
Staff Withholding Documents on PCB Poisoning of LA River on Eve of Vote ...