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Are scientific bottom trawling efforts in the Gulf of Mexico damaging habitats?

by Susan Sargent | 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 ...

What killed off billions of Alaska’s snow crabs?

by Susan Sargent | 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 ...

Op-ed | The dirty secret behind some ‘clean energy’ offers

by Tim Whitehouse | October 26, 2022
As our climate spins out of control, an urgent need exists for clean energy advocates and watchdog organizations to ensure that protecting climate-conscious energy consumers goes hand in hand with efforts to support programs to address the climate crisis. A recent Maryland study  ...

Reader Participation Day: Should The NPS Conduct Environmental Studies In Building Air Tour Plans?

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” ...

Manatee deaths on track for second-highest on record, environmental group says

by Susan Sargent | October 25, 2022
This year the number of mortalities is on track to be the second-highest on record. That’s according to the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The group cites data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which shows that 717 manatees have died this ...

City Debates Replacing Aging Turf Fields, Hears Testimony on Health and Environmental Harms

by Susan Sargent | October 22, 2022
Dr. Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility – a group that supports public employees who report improper actions within their agencies and work to improve regulations that protect the environment and human health – took part in the ...
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