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Bryce Canyon National Park Releases Air Tour Management Plan

by PEER | October 20, 2022
However, outside groups such as Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, have criticized the NPS and FAA for avoiding environmental reviews called for by the National Environmental Policy Act in designing the management plans. According to PEER, the agencies are claiming “ ...

US firms exploiting Trump-era loophole over toxic ‘forever chemicals’

by PEER | October 12, 2022
Chemical companies are dodging a federal law designed to track how many PFAS “forever chemicals” their plants are discharging into the environment by exploiting a loophole created in the Trump administration’s final months, a new analysis of federal records has found. Read the PEER ...

Chemical investigators push EPA on refinery safety

by PEER |
Concerns around HF have endured for years. In early 2019, CSB similarly appealed to EPA to scrutinize the chemical following repeated incidents at refineries (Greenwire, April 24, 2019). That same year, months after the PES incident, EPA rejected a petition from Public Employees for ...

Navigating U.S. Federal and State Regulation of PFAS in Applications Involving Food

by PEER | October 11, 2022
Some groups argue that EPA’s definition of PFAS is too narrow. One of these groups, the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), filed a lawsuit against EPA in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia claiming that the agency is “withholding ...

State sued over deal allegedly weakening Boeing’s cleanup at toxic site near Simi

by PEER |
But the lawsuit differs. It was filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab and the Los Angeles chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility. “As a result of a secret negotiation without any input from the public, the state ...

Toxic “forever chemicals” present in most pesticides

by PEER | October 8, 2022
“We know PFOS is a carcinogen, we know it’s a deadly chemical and there’s no safe level in drinking water,” said Kyla Bennett, a former EPA official and science policy director at the non-profit organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). “Our soil and ...