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PEER Profile | Policy and Litigation in the Midwest
by Hudson Kingston | November 17, 2021
PEER Policy and Litigation attorney Hudson Kingston joins the PEER team, working out of Minnesota ...
COMMENTARY | Is EPA Playing with Funny Numbers in its Methane Proposal?
by Guest Contributor | November 4, 2021
The EPA is undervaluing the short term Global Warming Potential of methane gas in its most recent regulation proposal ...
COMMENTARY | A Challenge for the New Director of the National Park Service
by Guest Contributor | October 19, 2021
Absent a major shift in priorities at the National Park Service, it is only a matter of time before we see preventable deaths and other disasters ...
Revealed | EPA Data on potential PFAS Sites
by Tim Whitehouse | October 17, 2021
The scale of potential PFAS problems is several times larger than previously understood - more than 120,000 potential sites identified ...
COMMENTARY | EPA Needs to Change Methane Rules
by Guest Contributor | September 28, 2021
EPA now needs to update its rules for methane – and ground those rules in the 20-year outlook that the latest science demands ...
COMMENTARY | Protecting Democracy Means Protecting Whistleblowers
by Kevin Bell | September 21, 2021
The Protecting Our Democracy Act would provide critical checks on democracy and enhanced protection for government whistleblowers ...
STATEMENT | Bureau of Land Management to Re-Open DC Headquarters
by Tim Whitehouse | September 17, 2021
PEER applauds the Bureau of Land Management's decision to return its headquarters to Washington, DC ...
COMMENTARY | EPA’s Toxic Culture: Oversight Update
by Tim Whitehouse | August 18, 2021
There have been several positive developments in PEER’s efforts to expose the corrupt culture within EPA’s new chemicals program but still a long way to go ...
COMMENTARY | Code Red for Humanity on Climate Change
by Tim Whitehouse | August 11, 2021
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest assessment is a “code red for humanity." Congress and federal agencies must act now ...
COMMENTARY | EPA’s Pesticide Office – A Plague on Us All
by Paula Dinerstein | July 21, 2021
Reforming EPA’s thoroughly broken pesticide program is a bipartisan problem and will not happen without a powerful campaign of intervention ...
COMMENTARY | A View of the Climate Emergency
by Tim Whitehouse | July 1, 2021
Time is too short, we must all actively engage to address all aspects of this national climate emergency ...
COMMENTARY | The Chemistry Council’s PFAS Disinformation Campaign
by Tim Whitehouse | June 22, 2021
The American Chemistry Council is trying to convince federal and state legislators that PFAS isn't a problem that needs to be addressed ...
COMMENTARY | Deep-Sea Mining for Metals: Treading Carefully on the Path Toward Renewables
by Susan Sargent | June 8, 2021
Demand for metals and minerals that make up critical components of clean energy technology are on the rise ...
COMMENTARY | Scientists Will Urge Biden to Go Big on Ocean Protection
by Guest Contributor | June 2, 2021
Scientists’ letter urges the administration to prioritize highly threatened, productive continental shelf waters for protection. Sign the letter ...
COMMENTARY | What is Going On with Colorado Air Quality?
by Chandra Rosenthal | May 24, 2021
Colorado has been undermining its own air pollution experts for years in favor of easing requirements for polluters ...
COMMENTARY | Endangered Species Day: In Praise of the Combat Biologists
by Peter Jenkins | May 21, 2021
Combat biologists have helped ensure the success of the Endangered Species Act, working tirelessly for even the most humble creature ...
COMMENTARY | New England States Must Act on PFAS in Pesticides
by Tim Whitehouse | May 20, 2021
PFAS laden pesticides being sprayed aerially to control mosquitoes is yet another exposure to this ubiquitous forever chemical ...
COMMENTARY | Beefalo Befuddlement in Grand Canyon
by Jeff Ruch | May 17, 2021
Grand Canyon's plan to "lethally remove" 12 beefalo from its herd is fraught with ambiguity and lacking in scientific rationale ...
Op-Ed | The Park Service Has Lost Its Conservation Compass
by Jeff Ruch | May 17, 2021
The Park Service has cut programmatic work on conservation of species like endangered sea turtles - what will it take for NPS to turn itself around ...
COMMENTARY | Dunn Landfill’s Environmental Injustice
by Monica Mercola | May 13, 2021
Dunn Landfill in New York impacts the residents of Rensselaer with problems like truck traffic, odor, dust and leachate ...
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