Nonprofit organizations file suit against Houston plastics manufacturer

by PEER | December 30, 2022
On Dec. 27,nonprofit organizations the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a lawsuit under federal environmental law to prevent Inhance Technologies USA of Houston, Texas, from generating toxic PFAS or “forever ...

National Park Service Has Lost Nearly 50 Percent Of Its Special Agents Since 2000

by PEER |
According to PEER, the latest annual report (2020) from the NPS Investigative Services Branch estimates that felony investigations of property crimes and serious drug-related offenses represent approximately one-fifth of the current workload. “Reducing our official response to ...

Park Service Criminal Investigators Down by Nearly Half

by PEER | December 29, 2022
Investigation Triage Pulls Agents from Property and Drug Trafficking Cases ...

Park Service reduces special agents’ duties as staff shrinks

by PEER |
Amid an increase in visitation and crimes in national parks, the National Park Service has narrowed the scope of the crimes its dwindling number of top-level investigators will handle. According to a National Park Service internal memo released Thursday by the watchdog group Public ...

New Lawsuit Targets Toxic PFAS, or Forever Chemicals, in Plastic Food Containers

by PEER |
The defendant, Inhance, produces tens of millions of consumer containers that contain PFAS, according to the consumer advocacy group behind the lawsuit. The plaintiffs are asking the judge to order Inhance to follow EPA rules that require it to receive approval for its production process ...
Phone: 202-265-7337

962 Wayne Avenue, Suite 610
Silver Spring, MD 20910-4453

Copyright 2001–2025 Public Employees for
Environmental Responsibility

PEER is a 501(c)(3) organization
EIN: 93-1102740