Left grows impatient with Biden’s regulatory plans

by Susan Sargent | November 11, 2021
“My gut feeling is he has no clue and no desire to take on environmental stuff — none,” said Kyla Bennett, a director at the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “It just seems like they are doing the bare minimum because they are Democrats.” To be sure, ...

Almost 150 Groups Call for Better Whistleblower Protections for Contractors, Grantees

by Susan Sargent | November 10, 2021
A diverse coalition of almost 150 organizations is calling on Congress to support a provision to better protect contractors and grantees who blow the whistle on mismanagement and wrongdoing. The organizations sent a letter––shared exclusively with Government Executive––to ...

New York eighth in nation in sites possibly contaminated by PFA chemicals, advocates say

by Susan Sargent | November 9, 2021
New York ranks 8th among the 50 states that altogether have 120,000 possible sites releasing potentially carcinogenic PFA class chemicals used in everything from cooking pans to firefighter foam, advocates said Tuesday. Read the PEER Story… ...

Gov. Polis’ budget proposal includes millions for electric school buses, air quality monitoring, green buildings

by Susan Sargent | November 5, 2021
Chandra Rosenthal, Rocky Mountain Field Office director for PEER, said the division clearly needs more people. She estimated it employs two people who conduct predictive modeling and about 30 permit engineers, all of whom are swamped with work. Oeth couldn’t immediately confirm whether ...

PEER Perspective – Fall 2021

by Susan Sargent | November 4, 2021
Small scale decisions can have a big impact. PEER evaluates some lesser known players and decisions making news in the environmental world ...
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