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PEERMail | Getting Climate Right

by PEER | May 16, 2022
There is no easy formula for stopping, or even slowing, the effects of climate change but we know that inaction is making it worse ...

Interior seeks FOIA reinforcements amid mixed backlog progress

by PEER |
The Interior Department’s latest Freedom of Information Act report reveals both progress and slippage on the persistent backlogs that officials hope to whittle down with the help of a budget proposal coming before Congress this week. In the second-quarter report of 2020, the backlogged ...

FACTSHEET | Federal Wildlife Funding: Pittman-Robertson Act

by PEER | May 15, 2022
The Pittman-Robertson Act was enacted in 1937 was intended to promote preservation and restoration of wildlife habitats ...

Environment Groups Want EPA Do More To Protect Manatees, Wildlife

by PEER | May 14, 2022
2022 is close to turning into another record year for manatee deaths in Florida. In the first two months of the year, there have been 400 manatee deaths, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Now several conservation organizations have sued the Environmental ...

A pass for polluting? Environmental groups, employees say EPA enforcement efforts lacking

by PEER | May 13, 2022
The data fits with the experiences of Tim Whitehouse, a former senior attorney at EPA who helped enforce water pollution laws in the 1990s and early 2000s. During his tenure, Whitehouse said, he felt the agency was supported by Congress, which provided both higher funding and more ...