BLM Oil Exemptions Undercut Sage Grouse Safeguards
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Susan Sargent | June 21, 2022
More Than 80 Waivers from Just 3 Field Offices Prompt Call for Inquiry and Lawsuit ...
ATMO America: Scientist Urges U.S. EPA to Broaden Definition of PFAS to Include F-Gases, TFA
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Susan Sargent | June 20, 2022
More recently, in a suit against the EPA in April, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a Washington, D.C.-based NGO, alleged that the agency was “withholding documents explaining why it has adopted an exceedingly limited definition of [PFAS].” EPA subsequently ...
Interactive map shows rangeland heath, some areas failing
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Susan Sargent |
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has released a new interactive map showing which cattle ranching allotments through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) meet the land health standards and which have not. PEER used data that it obtained through Freedom of Information ...
Monument ahead of the game in minimizing plastic waste
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Susan Sargent | June 17, 2022
Last seek Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued an order seeking to reduce the procurement, sale and distribution of single-use plastic products and packaging, with a goal of phasing out single-use plastic products on all lands managed by the Interior Department by 2032. According to ...
Inside the contentious Trump-Biden appointee fight on the chemical safety board
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Susan Sargent |
The fight with the two board members is not the only controversy swirling around Lemos, who has come under criticism from outside groups for her spending on travel and other expenses. The organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) reported last year that ...