Environment Groups Want EPA Do More To Protect Manatees, Wildlife
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PEER | May 14, 2022
2022 is close to turning into another record year for manatee deaths in Florida. In the first two months of the year, there have been 400 manatee deaths, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Now several conservation organizations have sued the Environmental ...
A pass for polluting? Environmental groups, employees say EPA enforcement efforts lacking
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PEER | May 13, 2022
The data fits with the experiences of Tim Whitehouse, a former senior attorney at EPA who helped enforce water pollution laws in the 1990s and early 2000s. During his tenure, Whitehouse said, he felt the agency was supported by Congress, which provided both higher funding and more ...
As EPA Oversight of Pesticides Shrinks, Workload Doubles—Raising Safety Concerns
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In January 2022, Beyond Pesticides wrote about the emerging changes emanating from EPA in relation to its OPP ESA efforts: “Beyond Pesticides joined with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and three dozen allied groups to lay out what a ‘larger effort’ to ...
Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Be Banned From Some Consumer Products Sold In Colorado, After Legislature Passes Bill
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PEER | May 11, 2022
A bill restricting the sale of consumer products containing PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals,” has passed both the Colorado house and senate, and is on its way to the governor’s desk to become law. The bill stipulates some PFAS products will be banned as early as 2025. PFAS ...
Trump Showed How Easy It Is To Break The EPA. It’s Much Harder To Fix It.
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PEER | May 6, 2022
But standing in the way of the new EPA vision is a lack of resources, staff, and more support from across the government. For one, the Supreme Court is currently reviewing a case that could sharply limit the agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gasses that drive climate change. The ...
Denver Parks and Recreation Department Monitoring Possible PFAS
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Chandra Rosenthal, Rocky Mountain office director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, lives near Robinson Park, located at 200 Fairfax Street. When the park’s playground got an update thanks to a 2017 Elevate Bond, Rosenthal was concerned that artificial turf was part ...
