Are scientific bottom trawling efforts in the Gulf of Mexico damaging habitats?
by National Fisherman | November 3, 2022
That insight caused some government and private agencies to change how they capture information about seabed ecosystems. However, NOAA’s bottom trawling efforts in the Gulf of Mexico remained mostly unchanged, which recently compelled the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental ...
Substantial PFAS Contamination Found in Pesticides in Colorado
Threat to Food Chain Justifies Colorado Ban of All Pesticides Containing PFAS ...
PEERMail | What This Election Means
It's easy to become jaded about elections but climate change efforts, public lands protection, and regulation of toxic chemicals are on the ballot ...
What killed off billions of Alaska’s snow crabs?
by Salon | October 28, 2022
A whistleblower who once worked with NOAA released a report in 2021 in Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, detailing supposed data falsification and other dishonest activities NOAA conducted. The report claims that “scientific fraud” is why the snow crab ...
Reader Participation Day: Should The NPS Conduct Environmental Studies In Building Air Tour Plans?
by National Parks Traveler | October 26, 2022
However, outside groups such as Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, have criticized the NPS and FAA for avoiding environmental reviews called for by NEPA in designing the management plans. According to PEER, the agencies are claiming “categorical exclusions” ...
