How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West
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PEER | December 15, 2024
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group focused on environmental agencies, said it is considering a lawsuit over the impact to Tule Springs. “The Bureau of Land Management’s decision sets a dangerous precedent by allowing a project to move forward that will ...
EPA Thought Industry-Funded Scientists Could Support Its Conclusion That a Long-Regulated Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk
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PEER | August 27, 2024
EPA’s re-classification “dangerously ignores science and downplays the risks individuals face when they are exposed to 1,3-D,” wrote the attorneys general of seven states and the District of Columbia in a 2020 letter to the Office of Pesticide Programs. Top law enforcement officers ...
PFAS Is an Almost Impossible Problem to Tackle—and It’s Probably in Your Food
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Elizabeth Duan | March 30, 2024
If you’ve seen the movie “Dark Waters,” you may remember the story of Virginia farmer Wilbur Tennant, whose cows mysteriously lost weight, developed tumors and died. His farm was just downstream from a landfill where Teflon manufacturer DuPont illegally dumped thousands of tons of ...
Earlier Springs Have Cascading Effects on Animals, Plants and Pastimes
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Elizabeth Duan | March 19, 2024
At a crowded town square in western Pennsylvania on Feb. 2, the world’s most famous groundhog—Punxsutawney Phil—did not cast a shadow, which legends say indicated that spring should arrive early this year. Meanwhile, recent research suggests that athletes playing on artificial turf ...
Maryland Lawmakers Remain Uncommitted to Ending Subsidies for Trash Incineration, Prompting Advocate Concern
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Elizabeth Duan | March 12, 2024
Maryland is poised to dole out more than $300 million to trash incinerators between 2012 and 2030, according to the latest analysis by the nonprofits Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Clean Water Action and Progressive Maryland. Timothy Whitehouse, executive ...
