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Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks Says the National Park System Deserves Better

by PEER | November 8, 2019
“November 8, 2019 – Phil Francis, Chair of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, released a statement in response to the recent report by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) on evaporating staff levels at the National Park Service (NPS). “ ...

Connelly: The ongoing, back door bid to commercialize our national parks

by PEER |
“Seriously, why is it so necessary to “boost agency revenues” and treat park campgrounds as an “under performing asset?” It’s because Trump wants to cut $481 million out of an already inadequate National Park Service budget. Public Employees for ...

Somerset County Wastewater Treatment Plant Accepts Potentially Contaminated Runoff

by PEER |
“Discharging PFAS contaminated leachate into a wastewater treatment system without continuous monitoring and strict pollution controls is asking for trouble,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in a statement. “What’s ...

Lowell Water Treatment Plant to Stop Accepting Toxic Water from N.H. Landfill

by PEER | November 7, 2019
“Under pressure from lawmakers and environmental advocates, officials in Lowell said Thursday that they had suspended a contract with a New Hampshire landfill that sent a large volume of toxic runoff into the Merrimack River, a source of drinking water to more than a half-million ...

ANALYSIS-Cause of Philadelphia fire sounds alarm over aging U.S. refineries

by PEER | November 6, 2019
The CSB found that prior to the California and Washington fires, as well as the BP Texas City blast in 2005 that killed 15, internal and external instructions for keeping plants operating safely were either ignored or not followed correctly. That regulatory approach makes rules difficult ...

State, Feds Ramp-Up ‘Good Neighbor’ Timber Projects

by PEER |
Jeff Ruch is the Pacific Director for the Washington D.C-based Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility or PEER. Ruch says, “They’re letting the state take over a significant part of the sale administration, basically letting your neighbor come in and sort your own pantry ...
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