Public Health

Western Lands and Rocky Mountain Advocate

Chandra, a Colorado native, serves as the Director of Rocky Mountain PEER. Formerly a staff attorney with Defenders of Wildlife specializing in endangered species and public lands issues, she has also worked for the U.S. Department of Justice and, under a legal fellowship, worked on a Superfund site with the Department of Energy. “I view my job as helping the region’s public service professionals do their jobs of protecting the diverse and abundant natural resources of the Rockies,” states Rosenthal. Chandra earned her law degree in 1993 at the Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law, where she focused her studies on environmental law.

EPA Failing CDC Criteria for Re-Opening Offices

by Susan Sargent | June 9, 2020
No Regional Office Meets “Gating Criteria” or Ensures CDC Safeguards ...

EPA Halts Re-Opening New England Office

by Susan Sargent | June 5, 2020
Data Shows Infections Still Exceed CDC “Gating Criteria” for Phase One ...

PEERMail | 100,000 and Counting – A Grim Milestone

by Tim Whitehouse | May 28, 2020
As we pass a grim mortality milestone for the COVID-19 pandemic, this immense death toll highlights the distressing extent of our national incapacity ...

Orlando Chronic Sewage Breakdowns Fester  

by Susan Sargent | May 27, 2020
Spills Risk COVID Exposure Yet No Abatement or Enforcement ...

BLOG | EPA Creating A “Pandemic of Pollution” Since COVID-19 Crisis

by Tim Whitehouse | May 26, 2020
Despite the connection between exposure to air pollution and adverse outcomes from COVID-19, EPA continues to accelerate its efforts to gut important air quality protections, unleashing what a new staff report by U.S. Senator Carper calls a “pandemic of pollution.” Since March 1, EPA ...

FACTSHEET | PFAS in Colorado

by Chandra Rosenthal | May 13, 2020
PFAS are a man-made chemical that are used in the manufacture of consumer goods including cookware, flame-retardants, waterproofing, furniture and take out containers ...
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