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Trump holdout resigns from embattled chemical board

by PEER | June 13, 2022
CSB, which operates independently of EPA and oversees national responses to chemical disasters, struggled significantly under the Trump administration, which repeatedly sought to dissolve the board and halt its funding. Lemos became the board’s only member for a time as staffing ...

Parks must review e-bike regs

by PEER | June 11, 2022
In 2019 Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an order allowing e-bikes wherever conventional bicycles were allowed. The decree affected about 18,000 miles of Bureau of Land Management trails and 16,000 miles in national parks. A consortium of conservation groups went to court to ...

Outside Witness Testimony – Senate Appropriations Committee – 06-10-2022 (PDF)

by PEER | June 10, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Outside Witness Testimony in Support of Increasing Staffing Levels in Public Land Use Agencies TO: The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies FROM: PEER DATE: June 10, 2022 TAGS: NPS, DOI, BLM, law enforcement, rangers,   ...

Environmental groups demand answers from Biden’s EPA on forever chemicals

by PEER |
On Friday, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental organization, released a press release saying the trove of documents the EPA recently provided to them indicates they have zero consistent definition of PFAS chemicals within the agency and are likely ...

Gaping Hole in Biden PFAS Strategy

by PEER |
Documents Show EPA Has No Consistent Definition of PFAS ...