MARYLAND: Ratepayers Subsidize Polluting Energy at Top Prices
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PEER | February 23, 2022
In 2020, about 25 percent of Maryland’s so-called “clean energy” under the state’s Tier 1 Renewable Portfolio Standard came from dirty sources, such as municipal solid waste burned to produce electricity and woody biomass or debris burned in power plants and paper mills. “ ...
Report: More than a Third of Maryland’s Clean Energy in 2020 Came from “Dirty” Sources
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PEER | February 21, 2022
Around 35% of Maryland’s “clean energy” in 2020 came from controversial renewable energy sources such as trash incinerators, landfills and woody debris burned in power plants and paper mills, according to a recent report. After reviewing records from the Maryland Public Service ...
VA cemetery managers who pushed safety changes before deadly crash claim retaliation
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PEER | February 20, 2022
“Both of these guys are are in professional purgatory, basically,” said Roll, whose organization has called on McDonough, the VA secretary, to investigate the traffic safety issue at the cemetery. Worse yet, the VA’s treatment of the two men violates the law, said Jeff ...
Yellowstone OKs FONSI for fiber optic cable installation
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PEER | February 16, 2022
“Work by the applicant is still not authorized to begin until or if a right-of-way permit is approved and issued,” said Yellowstone public information specialist Linda Veress. “Also, just because a FONSI is signed doesn’t mean the project has been approved. It just ...
Senior BLM official won’t testify in whistleblower case
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PEER | February 15, 2022
Interior said in its motion that Loewen was fired in November 2021 “based on his unacceptable performance and failure to follow instructions.” Peter Jenkins, a senior counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which is representing Loewen in the matter, countered in ...
Letter to Senate Leaders to Fill MSPB Vacancies
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PEER |
The undersigned civil society organizations urge you to allow the full Senate to consider and vote on pending nominations to all three vacancies on the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), which serves millions of federal employees as the primary adjudicative agency for worker claims of ...