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How Trump 2.0 and Project 2025 could reshape chemical rules

by PEER | October 25, 2024
Former members of the Trump administration say that EPA under his watch laid the groundwork for the Biden administration’s efforts to address PFAS contamination. But health advocates say the Trump administration downplayed the risks of the chemicals, was slow to take action on PFAS and ...

Groups challenge BLM’s Western Solar Plan over impact to trails

by PEER | September 30, 2024
What’s more, BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act by not properly evaluating potential impacts to the national trail system from encouraging solar applications within trail boundaries, the coalition, led by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said. ...

Watchdog slams EPA for retaliation on chemical reviews

by PEER | September 18, 2024
An EPA spokesperson said the whistleblower’s complaints are a bygone of the Trump administration, and the agency under President Joe Biden “has restored scientific integrity as the cornerstone of its work to protect public health and the environment, including reinstating key ...

Major Nevada power line, solar project win final approval

by PEER | September 9, 2024
The proposed route and its impacts on the national monument, as well as undeveloped desert lands across seven counties, is part of an ongoing debate over green energy and how the infrastructure needed to get that electricity to the power grid will forever change previously untouched places ...

Greens press BLM to keep solar projects out of Nevada valley

by Elizabeth Duan | July 29, 2024
A coalition of conservation groups has petitioned the Bureau of Land Management to protect a large southern Nevada valley west of Las Vegas, citing the threat of large-scale solar development. At issue is the South Pahrump Valley and proposals to build at least five utility-scale solar ...