Texas County Seeks Federal Aid for PFAS Contamination
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PEER | February 13, 2025
Johnson County Commissioners Pass Resolution for Emergency Declaration ...
DOGE lands at EPA
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PEER | February 12, 2025
EPA has been pressed to reveal what access Musk’s team has at the agency. In a letter last week to Administrator Lee Zeldin, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group, called on him to publicly disclose what agency databases are open to DOGE. EPA holds sensitive ...
Is There Enough Evidence of Health Risks for the EPA to Ban Paraquat?
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The question of cause is already proving contentious in the Parkinson’s disease lawsuits; judges have ruled that they won’t allow testimony from an expert on whether paraquat is capable of causing Parkinson’s disease in the lead up to the first trial, scheduled to start in October. ...
PFAS in fertilisers blamed for killing livestock in Texas and wreaking havoc
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PEER | February 11, 2025
Kyla Bennett, an ecologist who directs science policy for the nonprofit group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) and served as a consultant for the investigation, had previously been involved in a couple of cases involving biosolids and quickly connected the dots. ‘ ...
Open Position | General Counsel
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PEER | February 10, 2025
About this Position Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is seeking a General Counsel to carry out its mission to assist and defend public employees who protect the environment. PEER achieves this goal via litigation, engagement in regulatory and administrative processes, and ...