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Lack of Scientific Integrity Threatens EPA’s Credibility; Action Called for to Make Improvements

by PEER | April 10, 2023
OIG is an independent branch of EPA that can receive complaints of mismanagement, misconduct, abuse of authority, or censorship, including those related to scientific or research misconduct, without fear of improper influence. Through its statutory mandate, OIG investigates these ...

Toxics Release Inventory/Community Right-to-Know Act: PEER Petitions U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Include Waste Combustors/Incinerators

by PEER |
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Energy Justice Network (collectively “PEER”) submitted an April 3rd document to EPA titled: Petition for Rulemaking Pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, ...

Judge tosses lawsuit over PFAS in plastic barrels

by PEER | April 7, 2023
“That rule ensures that citizen suits serve to ‘supplement rather than to supplant governmental action,'” Boasberg, an Obama appointee, wrote in the opinion. At issue in the lawsuit from the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental ...

Fresh concerns raised about the cleanup of Hunters Point Shipyard

by PEER |
An environmental group is applying fresh pressure on the agencies charged with the cleanup and oversight of the Hunters Point shipyard, a former naval base on the southeastern tip of San Francisco. On Thursday, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a Bay Area-based nonprofit ...