Green Groups Call on Biden Admin to End Support for ‘Scientifically Bankrupt’ Wildlife Killing
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PEER | August 15, 2023
Rick Steiner, board chair of PEER, also noted that killing operations are “economically counterproductive” in addition to being “scientifically bankrupt,” as “millions of tourists travel to Alaska spending billions of dollars annually—just to catch a glimpse ...
COMMENTARY | Is Congress Too Dysfunctional to Fund the National Parks?
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Jeff Ruch | August 10, 2023
In past decades, America’s best idea was one of the few domestic programs enjoying bipartisan support ...
COMMENTARY | EPA’s Whack-a-Mole “Forever Chemicals” Posture Is an Intolerable Failure
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Kyla Bennett | May 3, 2023
The agency must treat PFAS as a class of chemicals regulated in the same manner as the European Union and other countries ...
Groups Sue to Stop Company’s ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination of Plastic Containers
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PEER | December 28, 2022
A pair of nonprofit advocacy groups on Tuesday sued a Texas company in a bid to stop it from generating so-called “forever chemicals” while manufacturing plastic containers. The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) ...
Biden EPA Unveils ‘First-Ever’ Blueprint to Protect Endangered Species From Pesticides
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PEER | April 12, 2022
Kyla Bennett, who directs science policy for the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said she appreciated EPA’s honesty around not having the resources to meet its demands in a reasonable time frame. But she pointed to a number of concerns, namely the workplan ...