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EPA Faults Colorado Air Quality Regulators Over Whistleblower Claims

by PEER | July 19, 2022
The report outlines six recommendations for APCD regulators, including an overhaul of the agency’s minor source permitting procedures and amending existing permits of some pollution sources identified in the complaint. The EPA is asking the state to provide a written response to the ...

National Park Ranger Ranks Spread Dangerously Thin

by PEER |
Rescues Soar, Crime Rises in National Parks Lacking Enforcement Plans ...

REPORT | The Biden Administration’s Bureau of Land Management

by PEER |
Report on the Bureau of Land Management under the Biden Administration and its obligation to rebuild the agency to meet today’s challenges ...

EPA knocks Colorado’s system for issuing air quality permits to minor polluters like drilling sites, gold mines

by PEER | July 17, 2022
Kevin Bell, a lawyer for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which filed the complaint on behalf of the whistleblowers, said the permitting problems were irresponsible and put the state further behind in its efforts to improve air quality. Foul air continues to cause ...

EPA doing “bare minimum” to address toxic PFAS pollutants in drinking water

by PEER |
Samples taken from Cape Canaveral, Florida – home to Department of Defense and National Aeronautics and Space Administration facilities – had a 176 ppt concentration on the TOF test. The EPA 537 test only showed a 15 ppt concentration. A water sample from Madison, Wisconsin measured ...