FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Contact: Jerry Phillips [email protected] (850) 877-8097 Florida’s Waters Awash in Sewage Spills Under DeSantis, More Inspections, More Pollution but Less Enforcement Tallahassee, FL —Despite increasing pollution,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 Colleen Teubner [email protected] (202) 464-2293 National Park Ranger Ranks Spread Dangerously Thin Rescues Soar, Crime Rises in National Parks Lacking Enforcement Plans...
As the Biden administration nears its halfway point, there are encouraging signs of progress and plenty of room for growth when it comes to conserving public lands. The Biden administration has made strides towards reigning in extractive industries that operate on...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 15, 2022 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal [email protected] (303) 898-0798 EPA Validates Colorado Air Whistleblowers’ Charge State Directed to Fix Illegal Permits and Cease Enabling Pollution Evasions Denver, CO —In a report...
Originally published in and reprinted with permission of the Colorado Sun. An alarm is raised, little is done, and employees flee Fed up with the state’s failure to regulate air permits and after years of quietly watching the quality of Colorado’s air decline, about a...
DESCRIPTION: Report on Enforcement Efforts by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection – Calendar Year 2021 DATE: July 13, 2022 TAGS: Florida, Pollution, Water Pollution View the report below or click here to download....
Supreme Threats We are fighting mad about the Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia v. EPA. In this case, the Court ruled that EPA does not have the authority under the Clean Air Act to create a system-wide cap of greenhouse gas emissions to address climate...
Fed up with the state’s failure to regulate air permits and after years of quietly watching the quality of Colorado’s air decline, about a year ago three state employees bravely came forward. The whistleblowers called out the state Air Pollution Control Division for...
DESCRIPTION: Supplemental Comment 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...
Extreme Judicial Activism in West Virginia v. EPA Ruling will restrict the federal government’s ability to address climate change The Supreme Court issued a decision today in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency that will hamstring the federal...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Contact: Paula Dinerstein [email protected] (240) 247-0299 Court Puts National Park Overflights on Tight Leash Agencies Taken to Task for Violating Air Tour Management Plan Deadlines Washington, DC —The future of...
Agency Policies Threaten Iconic Bird New data recently uncovered by PEER adds further evidence of the difficult road ahead in reforming the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The latest evidence shows that BLM continues to exempt Greater Sage-Grouse habitat protections...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 27, 2022 Contact: Kyla Bennett [email protected] (508) 230-9933 EPA Flunks PFAS Chemistry Test New Advisories Ignore Precursors That Transform into Most Toxic Fluorinated Chemicals Washington, DC —By setting strict health...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 23, 2022 Contact Anne Borgendale, Communications Director, CURE (Clean Up the River Environment), [email protected] |320-269-2984 Hudson Kingston, Litigation and Policy Attorney, PEER (Public Employees for Environmental...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798 [email protected] BLM Oil Exemptions Undercut Sage Grouse Safeguards More Than 80 Waivers from Just 3 Field Offices Prompt Call for Inquiry and Lawsuit Washington, DC —...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 17, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 Trump Holdover’s Hasty Exit Not Fast Enough Chemical Safety Board Chair Lemos Resigns but Wants to Stay Thru July 22 Washington, DC — The Trump-appointed head of the...
How to Build a Better BLM? The Biden administration has promised a renewed commitment to realizing the potential of public lands to contribute to conservation and climate change mitigation. As the country’s largest public land agency, the Bureau of Land Management...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Contact: Kyla Bennett [email protected] (508) 230-9933 EPA Takes First Baby Steps on PFAS Nonregulatory Health Advisories on Just Four of Thousands of PFAS Washington, DC —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...
Good News on Banning Plastics Good news! Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a phaseout of single-use plastics in national parks and other public lands that the department manages. The Department of the Interior’s plastic ban will keep millions of...
DESCRIPTION: Outside Witness Testimony in Support of Increasing Staffing Levels in Public Land Use Agencies TO: The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies FROM: PEER DATE: June 10, 2022 TAGS: NPS, DOI, BLM, law enforcement,...
