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Harvard professor lobbied SEC on behalf of oil firm that pays her lavishly, emails show

by PEER | April 6, 2023
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer), whose work with whistleblowers has exposed industry’s influence with regulators, Congress, academia and the media, said: “Our current ecological predicament means we can no longer ...

Hunters Point Festering Radiation Waste Woes

by PEER |
Navy Statements Mask Seriousness of Remaining Parcel G Contamination ...

NASA’s New Supersonic Jet Will Have One Thing Missing: a Sonic Boom

by PEER | April 5, 2023
Environmentalists are opposed to the mission. Quiet supersonic technology would reduce noise pollution, but supersonic travel still burns more jet fuel than a typical commercial flight. A 2022 report from The International Council on Clean Transportation found that supersonic aircraft use ...

PEERMail | Burning Waste is Not Clean or Green

by PEER | April 4, 2023
More than 300 groups are petitioning EPA to require incinerators that burn waste to report their toxic releases to the public ...

National Park Service Opposes Legislation To Allow Fixed Climbing Anchors In Wilderness

by PEER |
Opposition to that change came from The Access Fund, a national advocacy organization for the climbing community. Drawing the organization’s ire was a requirement that a permit be obtained before a fixed anchor was placed along a climbing route in official or potential wilderness. ...