NOAA Passes the Buck on Alaska Crab Fishery Collapses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 16, 2022 CONTACT Braxton Dew [email protected] Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 NOAA Passes the Buck on Alaska Crab Fishery Collapses Denies Blame for Wildly Inflated Population Estimates Causing Overfishing...COMMENTARY | Saving Species Under Threat
Saving Species Under Threat How to better care for and protect the Earth’s remaining biodiversity is a major reason that public employees come to us for assistance. Such is the case with our work on the North Atlantic right whale. For over a decade, PEER has been...PEERMail | Are Wild Horses to Blame for Failing Rangeland Health?
Are Wild Horses to Blame for Failing Rangeland Health? Many private ranchers blame wild horses for degrading public lands in the west, but what role do these animals play in harming the landscape? We decided to investigate this important question after the Bureau of...Reply Comment to Minnesota PUC – Summit Carbon Solutions route permit completeness
DESCRIPTION: Reply Comment to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission regarding “the Application of Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC, for a Routing Permit” TO: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission FROM: Hudson Kingston, PEER DATE: November 14, 2022 TAGS: Minnesota,...Letter to EPA Region 8 – Next Steps on Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment
DESCRIPTION: Letter to EPA Region 8 Administrator KC Becker requesting meeting on Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment’s (CDPHE) New Source Review Permitting TO: EPA Region 8 Administrator KC Becker FROM: Chandra Rosenthal, PEER DATE: November 11,...COMMENTARY | Home on the Range: Wild Horses on Public Lands
Home on the Range: Wild Horses on Public Lands Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rangeland health data, collected and analyzed by PEER, paints a bleak picture of the conditions on a broad swath of public lands. The main reason for the cited ecological destruction is...REPORT | Bureau of Land Management Land Health Status – 11-09-2022 (PDF)
BLM Identifies Millions of Acres of Failing Lands The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for 245 million acres of public lands in 13 western states. The agency manages more public land than any other land management agency. This report makes...COMMENTARY | Countering the Western War on Wolves
Countering the Western War on Wolves Following the removal of Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf in the waning weeks of the Trump administration, several Western states have declared open season on this alpha predator. PEER is working to curb the...Substantial PFAS Contamination Found in Pesticides in Colorado
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 1, 2022 Contact: Kyla Bennett [email protected] (508) 230-9933 Chandra Rosenthal [email protected] (303) 898-0798 Substantial PFAS Contamination Found in Pesticides in Colorado Threat to Food Chain Justifies Colorado...PEERMail | What This Election Means
What This Election Means With the mid-term elections right around the corner, the economy, inflation, a woman’s right to choose, and the state of our democracy are on a lot of people’s minds. There is a lot at stake in these elections. The outcome will not only have a...COMMENTARY | House Gives Hope to Federal Whistleblowers, Senate Must Step Up
House Gives Hope to Federal Whistleblowers, Senate Must Step Up On September 15, 2022, the House made significant strides in safeguarding whistleblowers by passing the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act (“WPIA”) with a vote of 221-203. Now, it’s up to the Senate...Op-ed | The dirty secret behind some ‘clean energy’ offers
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