Minnesota Timber Practices Draw Sharp Federal Scrutiny

Aug 22, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 22, 2023 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798 [email protected] Martha Minchak (218) 628-3462 [email protected]  Tim Whitehouse (240) 247-0299 [email protected]  Minnesota Timber Practices Draw Sharp Federal Scrutiny...

Rampant Grazing Trespassing Goes Unpunished

Aug 21, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 21, 2023 CONTACT Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Chandra Rosenthal (303) 989-0798 [email protected] Rampant Grazing Trespassing Goes Unpunished Whistleblower Faces Suspension for Saying BLM Lacks “Gumption”  ...

U.S. Public Health Research to Face New Restrictions

Aug 16, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 16, 2023 CONTACT Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] U.S. Public Health Research to Face New Restrictions Impending Ban on HHS Scientists Raising Policy Implications of Research   Washington, DC —Scientists working...

“P” in PEER Also Stands for Persistent

Aug 15, 2023

“P” in PEER Also Stands for Persistent One of the main functions at PEER is helping conscientious government employees change official behavior. Often that means taking legal action to force agencies to do what they are supposed to do.  Lawsuits against government...

Call to End Federal Subsidies for Wildlife Slaughter

Aug 15, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 15, 2023 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798, [email protected] Tom Rodgers, GIC, (703)980-4595; Wendy Keefover, HSUS, (720) 437-0394, [email protected]    Call to end federal subsidies for wildlife slaughter...

BLM Data Measuring Rangeland Health Not Available

Aug 14, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 14, 2023 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798, [email protected] Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected]  BLM Data Measuring Rangeland Health Not Available Suit to Uncover Success of Efforts to Reverse Severe Livestock...

Laudable or laughable? Southern Utahns, others talk Biden’s proposed public lands rule

From: St. George News

Aug 13, 2023

President Joe Biden’s administration proposed a new public lands rule emphasizing conservation. The “Conservation and Landscape Health” rule, first proposed in March, lists conservation as a use of BLM lands on par with grazing, recreation and resource extraction,...

COMMENTARY | Is Congress Too Dysfunctional to Fund the National Parks?

Aug 10, 2023

Originally published in and reprinted with permission of Common Dreams, August 10, 2023. Is Congress Too Dysfunctional to Fund the National Parks?   The stark difference between the House and Senate versions of a funding measure have some observers speculating...

Officials: Error led to routing planned transmission line through national monument

From: The Nevada Independent

Aug 10, 2023

The potential destruction of ice age fossils in a Southern Nevada national monument by a proposed energy transmission line is due to a decade-old mapping error, according to federal employees, but at least one government accountability group isn’t buying it. “We are...

Feds Withhold Minnesota Grant Due to Overlogging

Aug 8, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 8, 2023 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798, [email protected] Tim Whitehouse (240) 247-0299 [email protected] Feds Withhold Minnesota Grant Due to Overlogging DNR Told to End Timber Cuts in Wildlife and Aquatic...

PEERMail | Holding Polluters Accountable

Aug 8, 2023

Holding Polluters Accountable PEER recently published a report on Florida’s environmental enforcement record that shows anti-pollution efforts under Governor DeSantis have sharply declined in the last two years amid a proliferation of algae blooms, sewer overflows,...

More Oil and Gas Wells Illegally Permitted in Colorado

Aug 8, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 8, 2023 CONTACT Robert Ukeiley, Center for Biological Diversity, (720) 496-8568, [email protected] Chandra Rosenthal, PEER, (303) 898-0798, [email protected] More Oil and Gas Wells Illegally Permitted in Colorado...

COMMENTARY | Florida’s Environment – A Native Floridian Perspective

Aug 3, 2023

Florida’s Environment – A Native Floridian Perspective I was born and raised in South Florida where I grew an appreciation for nature and protecting water quality. I am currently a law student at Vermont Law and Graduate School studying environmental law...

Groups Urge Interior to Do Its Homework on E-bikes

Aug 3, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 3, 2023 CONTACT Peter Jenkins (202) 265-4189 [email protected] Groups Urge Interior to Do Its Homework on E-bikes Better Impact Assessment Needed Before Unleashing E-bikes Across National Park System   Washington, DC —The...

STATEMENT | IG Report Finds EPA New Chemical Review Process Badly Broken

Aug 2, 2023

CONTACT Kyla Bennett – [email protected] (508) 230-9933 – PEER Statement – IG Report Finds EPA New Chemical Review Process Badly Broken   The Office of Inspector General (IG) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released an audit...

Maryland Should Lift Curtain on Its Renewable Portfolio

Aug 2, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 2, 2023 CONTACT Tim Whitehouse, (240) 247-0299 [email protected] Jennifer Kunze, 240-397-4126, [email protected] Maryland Should Lift Curtain on Its Renewable Portfolio Past Reports Cloak Dirty Energy Subsidies and...

EPA Plays Political Shell Game on PFAS Definition

Aug 1, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 1, 2023 CONTACT Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected]   EPA Plays Political Shell Game on PFAS Definition No Sound Scientific Basis Available for Any of the Changing Definitions   Washington, DC —The U.S....

PEERMail | Whistleblower Appreciation Day

Jul 25, 2023

Whistleblower Appreciation Day This year, National Whistleblower Day is on July 30th. We mark this day to recognize the important contributions whistleblowers make in safeguarding public health and the environment, supporting good governance, and strengthening our...

Florida’s Environment Spirals Downward Under DeSantis

Jul 25, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 25, 2023 CONTACT Tim Whitehouse, (240) 247-0299 [email protected] Alexandra Bueno, [email protected]   Florida’s Environment Spirals Downward Under DeSantis Nosedive in Anti-Pollution Enforcement Leading to...

REPORT | 2022 Florida Enforcement Report

Jul 24, 2023

REPORT SUMMARY Since 2004, PEER has examined Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) data to assess state trends in pollution enforcement.  Despite a population boom and a proliferation of toxic algae blooms, sewer overflows, and the die-off manatees in...