PEERMail: Interior Reorganizing to Better Quash Dissent
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Susan Sargent | May 16, 2019
There are different bureaus with different missions that sometimes conflict. A unitary command would prevent these conflicts from surfacing ...
PEERMail: Bad Actors Abound
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Susan Sargent | May 1, 2019
Although we expect the current Senate to cower as the President continues to erode that body’s Constitutional powers, we will continue to challenge these appointments ...
PEERMail: Water Hypocrisy
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Susan Sargent | April 17, 2019
With cronyism and influence peddling the norm in most government circles, we have been busier than ever. Below, you’ll read about the Trump Administration’s water hypocrisy, how industry giants now rule at Interior, why we are questioning the CDC on cancer, and a small but ...
PEERMail: PFAS Action is Inaction
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Susan Sargent | April 1, 2019
Nowhere are the consequences of the Trump Administration’s purge of scientists and the stacking of government positions with industry lobbyist more apparent than in its handling of calls to regulate PFAS chemicals- or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...
PEERMail: Passing the Torch
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Susan Sargent | March 15, 2019
Dear PEER Members, As all good things come to end, so too has my tenure as PEER Executive Director. It has been my distinct honor and almost unalloyed pleasure to have led PEER since 1997. The next PEER-Mail you receive will come from our new Executive Director, Tim Whitehouse, a former ...
PEERMail: At EPA Oversight Means Overlook
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Susan Sargent | March 1, 2019
At EPA Oversight Means Overlook In 1969, the Cuyahoga River famously caught fire with flames leaping five stories high billowing plumes of industrial waste. The incident galvanized the environmental movement, leading to enactment of a series of major laws, such as the Clean Water Act in ...