Boeing’s Weak Santa Susana Cleanup Triggers Lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 6, 2022 Contact Jeff Ruch, PEER, jruch@peer.org (510) 213-7028 Melissa Bumstead, Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab Santasusanacampaign@gmail.com (818) 233-0642 Denise Duffield, Physicians for Social Responsibility,...COMMENTARY | U.S. Geological Survey Labs Must Cure Culture of Reprisal
U.S. Geological Survey Labs Must Cure Culture of Reprisal One of America’s premier science agencies, the U.S. Geological Survey has recently hit a rough patch. The latest bad news comes out of its National Water Quality Laboratory in Lakewood, Colorado....EPA Says Hunters Point Will Never Be Fully Cleaned
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch jruch@peer.org (510) 213-7028 EPA Says Hunters Point Will Never Be Fully Cleaned EPA Plans to Ignore Prop P Mandate and Its Own Superfund Standards Oakland, CA —The U.S. Environmental...PEERMail | Shocking News on Pesticides
Shocking News on Pesticides PEER is urgently asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of PFAS in pesticides and to require that every manufacturer test every registered product and certify that they do not contain PFAS. This request comes on the...COMMENTARY | “Climate Smart” Agriculture Requires Better Environmental Assessments
“Climate Smart” Agriculture Requires Better Environmental Assessments The USDA is tripling the amount of funding for “climate smart” agriculture without doing proper environmental reviews, according to PEER and twelve other advocacy groups. The groups have asked the...COMMENTARY | Glacier Skies to Finally Go Quiet
Glacier Skies Finally Go Quiet In the late 1990s, incessant helicopter flights of tourists over Glacier National Park often hovered over terrified wildlife. Park protests to local air operators did not curb these low-flying overflights even during sensitive periods,...Maine Eyeing Sears Island for Port Again
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Contact: Kyla Bennett kbennett@peer.org (508) 230-9933 Steve Miller [IIT] iitsmill@gmail.com (207) 734-6907 Rolf Olsen (FOSI) rolf.e.olsen@gmail.com (603) 443-0011 Maine Eyeing Sears Island for Port Again...Substantial PFAS Contamination Found in Pesticides
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 26, 2022 Contact: Kyla Bennett kbennett@peer.org (508) 230-9933 Substantial PFAS Contamination Found in Pesticides Threat to Food Chain Justifies Ban of All Pesticides Containing PFAS Washington, DC — New research has documented...PEERMail | Save the EPA
Save the EPA Tomorrow, thousands of people from around the country will take part in a rally outside of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters in Washington, DC to protest EPA’s inaction on protecting children from cancer and illnesses. A determined...USGS Inches Toward Accreditation of Wildlife Disease Lab
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 14, 20221 Contact: Jeff Ruch jruch@peer.org (510) 213-702 Peter Jenkins pjenkins@peer.org (202)265-4189 USGS Inches Toward Accreditation of Wildlife Disease Lab Independent Review to Prevent Biosafety and Animal...Food Supply Chain Imperiled by PFAS-Laden Barrels
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 12, 20221 Contact: Kyla Bennett, kbennett@peer.org (508) 230-9933 Peter Jenkins pjenkins@peer.org (202)265-4189 Food Supply Chain Imperiled by PFAS-Laden Barrels EPA Confirms PFAS in Fluorinated Containers Leach into...COMMENTARY | The Worst Kind of Backroom Deal
The Worst Kind of Backroom Deal It is time to work to stop the Manchin-Schumer side deal to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). On August 16, President Biden signed the IRA, a multi-faceted piece of legislation addressing climate change, oil and gas development and...EPA’s Belated PFAS Pesticide Ingredient Ban Does Little
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 7, 20221 Contact: Kyla Bennett, kbennett@peer.org, (508) 230-9933 EPA’s Belated PFAS Pesticide Ingredient Ban Does Little Banning a Dozen Inert Ingredients Does Not Stem PFAS Agricultural Spread Washington, DC —...PEERMail | Climate Change, Plastics and Our National Parks
Climate Change, Plastics and Our National Parks Plastics are not only one of the most persistent pollutants on Earth, but their production also creates greenhouse gas emissions that are a major driver of global warming. According to a study by the Center for...NOAA Trashes Seabeds It Studies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 29, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch jruch@peer.org (510) 213-7028 Monica Mercola mmercola@peer.org (202) 265-4187 NOAA Trashes Seabeds It Studies Call for NOAA to End Research Bottom Trawling in Gulf of Mexico Washington, DC — The...PEERMail | Save the Right Whales
Save the Right Whales Extinction is a choice that humans often make about animals that inhabit the earth. Nowhere is that truer than with the North Atlantic right whale. With less than 350 individuals left, the future of this whale is bleak. For too long, the National...COMMENTARY | The Inflation Reduction Act Funds Additional Staffing at National Park Service
The Inflation Reduction Act Funds Additional Staffing at National Park Service This week, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) into law. This multi-faceted piece of legislation addresses climate change and environmental agency funding...Testing Reveals High Levels of PFAS in Tennessee Fertilizer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, August 15, 2022Contact:Scott Banbury, Sierra Club Tennessee, 901-619-8567Barry Sulkin, PEER, bsulkin@peer.org, 615-255-2079 Testing Reveals High Levels of PFAS in Tennessee Fertilizer Music City Gold is a home fertilizer made with...Eco-Studies Releasing Most Potent Greenhouse Gas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 15, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch jruch@peer.org (510) 213-7028 Chandra Rosenthal crosental@peer.org (303) 898-0798 Monica Mercola mmercola@peer.org (202) 265-4187 Eco-Studies Releasing Most Potent Greenhouse Gas NSF Projects in...
