Why Was A ‘Sagebrush Rebel’ Hired To Run Public Lands Agency? Group Sues To Find Out
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PEER | November 9, 2019
A government watchdog on Wednesday filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management to find out why it hired a one-time, anti-public lands advocate to run the agency. The non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, said it initially filed a public records ...
Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks Says the National Park System Deserves Better
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PEER | November 8, 2019
“November 8, 2019 – Phil Francis, Chair of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, released a statement in response to the recent report by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) on evaporating staff levels at the National Park Service (NPS). “ ...
Connelly: The ongoing, back door bid to commercialize our national parks
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PEER |
“Seriously, why is it so necessary to “boost agency revenues” and treat park campgrounds as an “under performing asset?” It’s because Trump wants to cut $481 million out of an already inadequate National Park Service budget. Public Employees for ...
Somerset County Wastewater Treatment Plant Accepts Potentially Contaminated Runoff
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PEER |
“Discharging PFAS contaminated leachate into a wastewater treatment system without continuous monitoring and strict pollution controls is asking for trouble,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in a statement. “What’s ...
Lowell Water Treatment Plant to Stop Accepting Toxic Water from N.H. Landfill
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PEER | November 7, 2019
“Under pressure from lawmakers and environmental advocates, officials in Lowell said Thursday that they had suspended a contract with a New Hampshire landfill that sent a large volume of toxic runoff into the Merrimack River, a source of drinking water to more than a half-million ...
