BLM finalizes solar plan for Colorado, the West

by PEER | December 30, 2024
Among entities that filed protests related to the solar plan were Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, which along with some others raised concerns about threats from solar development to the Old Spanish National Historic Trail. That route runs from Santa Fe to Los ...

EPA Promoting Fertilizer Full of PFAS Despite Knowing Risks

by PEER | December 27, 2024
In June, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) sued the EPA on behalf of a group of farmers, ranchers, and green groups “for failing to perform its nondiscretionary duty to identify and regulate toxic pollutants in sewage sludge” used as fertilizer. In ...

EPA takes steps to require MSW incinerators to report toxic chemical emissions

by PEER |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will start a process to require municipal waste incinerators to report their toxic chemical emissions to the agency’s Toxics Release Inventory, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Silver Spring, Maryland, ...

State proposes killing 100 wolves a year to benefit moose between Denali and Lake Clark parks

by PEER | December 22, 2024
The unit’s intensive management plan in the past has called for the removal of 60% of brown bears and 60% to 80% of black bears, though state officials say they have no immediate plans to kill bears now. Critics of the proposal, including Alaska Wildlife Alliance and Public Employees for ...
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