PEERMail | Reversing a Shocking Pesticides Decision

by PEER | March 7, 2023
Because the overuse of pesticides is a significant cause of pollinator collapse, we are in this battle for the long term ...

Inside the Battle for Air Tourism Vs. the Right to Silence in Our National Parks

by PEER | March 6, 2023
The parks were spurred into decision-making by a 2019 lawsuit filed by the non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which resulted in a court order demanding that any park hosting more than 50 sightseeing air tours a year develop a management plan by August 22 ...

Environmental group highlights possible hazards of turf fields as Norwalk, Wilton consider projects

by PEER | March 4, 2023
During the webinar, Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with the Maryland-based nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the presence of PFAS is inevitable when it comes to turf fields. “Nobody is going to be able to provide you a PFAS-free field,” ...

500-Mile-Long Power Line Hits a Roadblock: Ice Age Fossils

by PEER |
The NPS cautioned in comments filed to BLM last year that “The construction of the transmission line…will have the potential to impact paleontological resources, including an undetermined number of fossil remains and unrecorded fossil sites,” according to the Public Employees for ...

E-bikes are an environmental dream — except out in nature

by PEER |
The National Park Service, as part of a directive by the Trump administration in 2019, allows e-bikes on all trails in its 423 national parks where traditional bikes are allowed. This is being challenged in a lawsuit by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a coalition ...
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