In April 1995, right-wing extremists detonated a massive homemade bomb at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more, making it one of the deadliest acts of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. In the months...
The election next week will be momentous. The outcome will profoundly affect the civil service, the environment, and public health for generations to come. Here are a few articles that offer our perspective on some of the issues at stake: PEER’s Rocky Mountain...
This past week, Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson announced he would sponsor a bill to remove trash incineration from the state’s definition of renewable energy. Ferguson’s announcement provides a glimmer of hope for improvements in the state’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 28, 2024Contact:Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Dangerous Pollution Detected from Santa Susana Lab Boeing Suing to Block New Tighter Monitoring for PCBs and Other Toxics Washington, DC — New discharge readings show...
This commentary was originally published in the Fall 2024 edition of PEEReview. As the country builds out renewable energy projects, one important area of work for us is to ensure the proper siting of renewable energy projects and their dependent infrastructure. Our...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 17, 2024Contact:Tim Whitehouse (240) 247-0299 [email protected] Feds Should Stifle Heritage Foundation Witch Hunt Right-Wing Group’s Fleet of FOIAs Seeks Employee Personal Information Washington, DC — The same right-wing...
A lot is at stake in the coming election. In an analysis of Project 2025, PEER’s Rocky Mountain Director, Chandra Rosenthal, looks at how Project 2025 would gut public lands and wildlife protections and weaken the pillars of our civil service. It is a lot worse than...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Colorado Governor Jared Polis regarding Colorado’s Clean Air Tools to Reduce Front Range Smog TO: Governor Jared Polis, State of Colorado FROM: 350 Colorado, Clean Energy Action, Colorado Jewish Climate Action, Center for Biological...
By now, you have heard of Project 2025, the authoritarian playbook for a future Republican administration to radically remake the Federal government. Project 2025 touches all facets of American life, from health care to education, the environment, and fiscal policy....
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel regarding the FCC’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures and the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) rules on implementing NEPA TO: Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 8, 2024Contact:Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Biden Fails to Safeguard Federal Science from Trump Vaunted 3+ Year “Scientific Integrity” Initiative Limps Across Finish Line Washington, DC — A government-wide effort...
Toxic chemicals are exposing people and wildlife around the world to dangerous health effects, and imposing billions (if not trillions) of dollars in cleanup costs on communities who must find ways to protect their residents from the pollution caused by these...
DESCRIPTION: Comments concerning the U.S. Office of Special Counsel’s transparency policy proposal TO: The Honorable Hampton Dellinger, Special Counsel, U.S. Office of Special Counsel FROM: PEER, the Government Accountability Project, Whistleblower of America...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tim Whitehouse (240) 247-0299 [email protected] PEER Urges Maryland DNR to Improve Grant Oversight Chesapeake Bay Recovery Badly Off Course Washington, DC —Strict controls must be placed on projects funded under...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2024 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal, PEER, (303) 898-0798, [email protected] Kevin Emmerich, Basin and Range Watch, (775) 764-1080, [email protected] Conservationists File Protest Against Plan for Massive Solar...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Secretary Josh Kurtz concerning Maryland’s Whole Watershed Act TO: Secretary Josh Kurtz, Maryland Department of Natural Resources FROM: PEER DATE: September 27, 2024 TAGS: DNR, Chesapeake Bay, water pollution ...
Saving Farmland Battling Toxic PFAS in Biosolids in Texas and Beyond Join PEER to learn how millions of tons of sewage sludge (or biosolids), applied as fertilizer, are contaminating American farmland with toxic PFAS chemicals. These “forever chemicals”...
Every year, millions of tons of PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge, or biosolids, are applied to land as fertilizer on farms. Learn how these toxic chemicals are threatening our health and food supply, and what PEER is doing about it. Listen to the story of two...
I’m excited to invite you to join us on September 24th at 1pm ET for a fascinating webinar, Saving Farmland: Battling Toxic PFAS in Biosolids in Texas and Beyond. In this webinar, Johnson County, Texas officials will join PEER staff to discuss how toxic PFAS...
