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Minnesota power co-op wants to invest in flexibility for fossil fuel peaker plant

by PEER | February 10, 2023
Clean Up The River Environment, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations note that burning fuel oil instead of natural gas will increase particulate matter, mercury, lead, carcinogenic diesel exhaust and arsenic. Hudson ...

Biden administration’s rule for federal scientists is a ‘gag order’, critics say

by PEER |
The Biden administration has proposed what some critics label a “gag order” on federal scientists in the US that would largely bar them from publicly discussing their research, and could effectively prohibit them from taking part in controversial studies on issues like the climate ...

Planned turf field at IC to contain toxic chemicals

by PEER | February 8, 2023
Kyla Bennett is the director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a former wetlands enforcement coordinator for the Environmental Protection Agency. Bennett said that in addition to being a source of greenhouse gas emissions, artificial turf contains many different ...

Minnesota power co-op wants to invest in flexibility for fossil fuel peaker plant

by PEER |
The plant’s natural gas equipment has been retooled to burn fuel oil. In addition, Great River Energy will add onsite storage for the fuel oil. Clean Up The River Environment, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations note ...

Greens slam stagnant federal grazing fee

by PEER | February 7, 2023
While inflation has jacked up the prices of most goods and services, it hasn’t disrupted the price Western ranchers pay to graze cattle or other animals on federal lands. The Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service announced at the end of January that the two agencies would ...

Biden’s New Policy to Protect Federal Scientists May Lack Teeth to Prevent Retaliation

by PEER | February 6, 2023
The framework forms a subcommittee on scientific integrity—made up of career officials—within the National Science Technology Council, creates metrics against which agencies should track their policies and standardizes definitions across the government. To Public Employees for ...
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