FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 11, 2023 CONTACT Peter T. Jenkins, (202) 265-4189, [email protected] Pressure Mounts on EPA to Curb Bee-Killing Pesticides New Reports and Findings Strip Away Agency’s Leeway for Further Evasion Washington, DC — The U.S....
Questions About BLM’s Conservation Rule The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed a sweeping “Conservation and Landscape Health” rule that will elevate conservation to equal status with the agency’s traditional energy development, resource...
DESCRIPTION: Public comments on Colorado Minor Source NSR Modeling Guideline for Air Quality Permits, submitted via web portal TO: Colorado Department of Health and the Environment, Air Pollution Control Division FROM: Chandra Rosenthal, PEER DATE: May 4, 2023 TAGS:...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 4, 2023 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal [email protected] (303) 898-0798 BLM’s Sketchy Satellite-Based Range Management Agency Sets the Stage to Renew 1, 372 Montana Grazing Allotments Renewed in One Fell Swoop – No NEPA ...
EPA’s Whack-a-Mole “Forever Chemicals” Posture Is an Intolerable Failure Originally published in and reprinted with permission of Common Dreams, May 1, 2023. To great applause, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last month proposed “maximum contamination levels”...
Pesticide Problems Grow During the past five years, PEER has become a national leader in exposing how actions and inactions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) pesticides program are having devastating effects on wildlife, human health, and many rural...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 2, 2023 CONTACT Nathan Donley (Center for Biological Diversity), [email protected], (971) 717-6406 Kyla Bennett (PEER), [email protected], (508) 230-9933 High Levels of Dangerous ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in...
New Green Guides Must Address Renewable Energy This commentary was originally published in the Spring 2023 edition of PEEReview. Concern about climate change creates fertile ground for misleading marketing claims around environmental issues. An important tool in...
Don’t Let Plastics Overtake the Earth Every day we learn more about how dangerous plastics are for human health and the environment. This Earth Day, we are recommitting ourselves to finding ways to rapidly reduce our dependence on plastics. Earth Day was first...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 20, 2023 CONTACT Sarah Packer (CEH), [email protected], (510) 594-9863 Bob Sussman (CEH), [email protected], (202) 716-0118 Kyla Bennett (PEER), [email protected], (508) 230-9933 EPA Needs a Transparent Public Process...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 19, 2023 CONTACT Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 May a Federal Scientist Do a Media Interview? It’s Complicated: “Soft Gags” Mix False Transparency with Vague Threats Washington, DC —This January, the White...
Conservation: Is this the Right Proposal? PEER supporters understand the importance of protecting our public lands. That is why we are interested in your feedback on a recent regulatory proposal by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to put conservation “on par” with...
DESCRIPTION: Extension Request to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in the In the Matter of a Request for a Minor Alteration to Great River Energy’s 170 MW, Natural Gas-Fired, Simple Cycle Combustion Turbine Generator at its Cambridge 2 Peaking Plant Site near...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 13, 2023 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal [email protected] (303) 898-0798 Gold Mine Expansion OK Shows Broken Air Permit Process Colorado Refuses to Fix Major Underlying Flaws in Approving New Permit Denver, CO —...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 13, 2023 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal [email protected] (303) 898-0798 Permit Renewal Shows BLM Not Serious on Range Reform Despite Horrid Conditions, No Recognition of Overgrazing or Climate Impact Denver, CO —A...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 13, 2023 CONTACT Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 White House Urged to Tighten Scientific Integrity Policy Government-Wide Enforceable Transparency & Accountability Rules Needed Washington, DC — The White...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 6, 2023 CONTACT Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 Hunters Point Festering Radiation Waste Woes Navy Statements Mask Seriousness of Remaining Parcel G Contamination Washington, DC —The next portion of Hunters...
Burning Waste is Not Clean or Green It is hard to believe that most incinerators nationwide do not need to report their toxic releases to the U.S. EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). This publicly accessible database tracks the release of certain toxic chemicals that...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 3, 2023 CONTACT Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network, 215-436-9511 [email protected] Tim Whitehouse, PEER, 202-247-0299 [email protected] Waste Incinerators’ Toxic Output Should Be Reported Incinerator Chemical Releases...
