Executive Summary Many home gardeners buy compost or commercial soil amendments to enhance soil nutrition. But new tests reveal concerning levels of toxic per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances(PFAS) chemicals in a popular garden fertilizer. Public Employees for...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, August 15, 2022Contact:Scott Banbury, Sierra Club Tennessee, 901-619-8567Barry Sulkin, PEER, [email protected], 615-255-2079 Testing Reveals High Levels of PFAS in Tennessee Fertilizer Music City Gold is a home fertilizer made with...
Originally published in the Summer 2022 edition of PEEReview. Read more here» Building Better Climate Solutions Proposed carbon pipelines in the Midwest will help drive greenwashing in the fuels industry. The recent devastating floods in Yellowstone National Park and...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Secretary Deb Haaland to move up the Department of Interior/National Park Service plastic-free timeline from 10 years to 2 years TO: Secretary Deb Haaland FROM: PEER, Green Latinos and Beyond Plastics DATE: August 09, 2022 TAGS: NPS, Plastic...
A Manchin Miracle In what’s being called a Manchin miracle by many, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin reached a deal to address climate change as part of the Inflation Reduction Act that was passed by the Senate last...
PFAS Contamination Study Yields Frightening Results Environmental contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has exceeded a new planetary boundary (environmental limits within which humans can survive), according to a study published earlier this...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 1, 2022 Contact: Kyla Bennett [email protected] (508) 230-9933 EPA Routinely Ignores Chemical Risk Calculations Workers Imperiled by Failures to Flag Serious Known Hazards Washington, DC — U.S. Environmental...
Senate Agreement Kick-Starts Climate Action The nation is closer to passing historic climate change legislation with the announcement last week by Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer that they had reached an agreement to address...
Environmental Whistleblowers: Good Trouble, Bad Trouble Communities, Scientific Integrity, and the Environment Join PEER and an engaging panel of experts to learn how strong support for government employee whistleblower protections, strengthened scientific integrity...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Contact: Paula Dinerstein [email protected] (202) 265-6391 Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 National Park Air Tour Plans Late and Off-Course First 2 Overflight Limits OKed; 20 Behind Schedule, Most Lack...
Important Whistleblower Victories With Whistleblower Appreciation Day this Saturday, we have some important victories to share about employees who have stepped forward to expose wrongdoing in their agencies. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 25, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 Chandra Rosenthal [email protected] (303) 898-0798 Interior Has Bad Case of Climate “Cow Blindness” Failure to Address Commercial Livestock Climate Impacts Invites Lawsuits...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Secretary Deb Haaland and the Climate Task Force regarding Interior’s failure to address climate Impacts of its commercial livestock program DATE: July 22, 2022 TAGS: Climate change, grazing, grazing reform, DOI, livestock, climate science...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 21, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 Kyla Bennett [email protected] (508) 230-9933 EPA Corrupted Pesticide Risk Assessment to Aid Industry IG Found Managers Trampled Standard Procedures to Diminish Cancer Risk...
Environmental Whistleblowers and the Need for Change at EPA Growing up, I admired those who spoke up and challenged authority, from Frank Serpico, the New York cop who blew the whistle on police corruption to Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, a...
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...
