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Lack of Scientists Dooms EPA Chemical Reviews

Mar 24, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 24, 2022 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] Lack of Scientists Dooms EPA Chemical Reviews Crippling Staff Shortage in Chemical Safety Work Continues in 2022 Budget   Washington, DC —The recently approved...

PEERMail | Rangeland Health Means Fixing the BLM Grazing Program

Mar 21, 2022
Rangeland Health Means Fixing the BLM Grazing Program While the Biden administration renews emphasis on improving the conservation values of public lands, new data collected and analyzed by PEER paints a bleak picture of the conditions on a broad swath of public lands...

COMMENTARY | EPA Sets Low Bar on Chemical Safety – And Trips Over It

Mar 16, 2022
EPA Sets Low Bar on Chemical Safety– And Trips Over It As medical and scientific awareness of the link between chemical exposures and cancers and other ailments grows, the principal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program designed to protect the public from the...

“Garden Pathway” Needed for Toxic Cleanups

Mar 15, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] “Garden Pathway” Needed for Toxic Cleanups Safe Fruit & Vegetable Cultivation Should Be EPA Remediation Yardstick Washington, DC — A coalition of 40 public health and...

COMMENTARY | EPA Releases PFAS Contamination Information

Mar 10, 2022
EPA Releases PFAS Contamination Information  Over the past decade, EPA has done everything in its power to keep the public in the dark about the growing crises of toxic PFAS pollution and exaggerate in role in working to stop the spread of these toxic chemicals. PFAS...

PEERMail | The Oceans Need Real Action for 30×30 to Succeed

Mar 7, 2022
The Oceans Need Real Action for 30×30 to Succeed In comments submitted to the Department of the Interior, PEER is calling on the administration to go bold on protecting our oceans. From overfishing and pollution to climate change, our oceans are under threat like...

Comments on America the Beautiful – 30×30

Mar 7, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Public comments submitted in response to a call for public input in developing an “Atlas” to track a clear baseline of information on lands and waters that are conserved or restored for purposes of the administration’s America the Beautiful initiative to...

False Artificial Turf Recycling Claims Ripped

Mar 7, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 7, 2022 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected]  False Artificial Turf Recycling Claims Ripped FTC Enforcement Urged to End Deceptive Turf Industry Greenwashing   Washington, DC —Synthetic turf manufacturers are...

COMMENTARY | How Maryland’s Renewable Energy Law Hurts Maryland

Feb 25, 2022
How Maryland’s Renewable Energy Law Hurts Maryland Most energy consumers probably believe that clean renewable energy does not include burning fossil fuels, trash, wood or other waste to produce electricity. But in Maryland, that is not the case. That’s because in...

PEERMail | Migratory Bird Whistleblower Case Goes to Judge

Feb 22, 2022
Migratory Bird Whistleblower Case Goes to Judge Last week, PEER attorneys Peter Jenkins and Kevin Bell represented whistleblower Walter Loewen challenging his removal from the Bureau of Land Management in a hearing before the Merit Systems Protection Board. The case...