FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR OIL SPILL FUND WILL END IN 2018

by PEER | December 20, 2017
From: Juneau Empire “On Monday, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said by email that a 9-cent per-barrel excise tax on all American crude oil will expire at the end of the year. That tax goes into the fund to pay for oil spills from a variety of sources, including ...

EPA SAYS SUPERFUND TASK FORCE LEFT BEHIND LITTLE PAPER TRAIL

by PEER |
From: The Tribune “The advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, known as PEER, quickly filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking a long list of documents related to the development of Pruitt’s plan. Now, nearly six months after the task force ...

EPA: SUPERFUND TASK FORCE CREATED BY PRUITT DIDN’T MAINTAIN ANY RECORDS

by PEER |
From: Talking Points Memo News “The task force in June issued a nearly three-dozen page report containing 42 detailed recommendations, all of which Pruitt immediately adopted. The advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, known as PEER, quickly filed a Freedom of ...

Pruitt Superfund Plan Leaves No Fingerprints

by PEER | December 19, 2017
Task Force Viewed No Material, Produced No Notes or Draft Recommendations ...