Going Big on Land Conservation in 30×30 Last year, President Biden launched the “America the Beautiful” initiative with the goal of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030. As part of this initiative, PEER is urging the Department of...
The Bureau of Land Management administers more 245 million acres of public land. There are 155 million acres of leased grazing allotments. Rangeland health – or Land Health Standards (LHS) – refers to the quality and sustainability of waterways, habitats, soil, flora...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933 [email protected] EPA Scientist Survey Yields Horrific Results Scientist Feedback Scathing, Not Shared with Staff Washington, DC —Morale inside the U.S. Environmental...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 29, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Biden Scientific Integrity Initiative in Limbo Leaderless OSTP Poised to Make Same Mistakes It Did under Obama Washington, DC — The effort commissioned by President Biden...
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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Park Service Eliminates Public Notice of New Cell Towers Public Shut Out of Review of Telecom Expansion as 5G Era Dawns Washington, DC — The National Park Service is...
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...
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...
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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 14, 2022 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal [email protected] Agency Records Paint Bleak Picture of Western Landscape New Map Shows Harmful Impacts of BLM Livestock Grazing Program Washington, DC — Public Employees for...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 11, 2022 Contact: Jerry Phillips (850) 877-8097 [email protected] Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Another Record Manatee Mortality Year Unfolding 400 Manatee Perish in First Two Months as Seagrasses Continue Retreat...
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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 10, 2022 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7038 [email protected] FAA Blows Court Deadlines for Park Air Tour Limits Overflight Plans for 8 Major National Parks Due This August Not Close Washington, DC — The Federal Aviation...
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...
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...
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...
DESCRIPTION: PEER letter to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in the Matter of a Commission Investigation into Potential Rule Amendments Related to Liquified Carbon Dioxide, PUC Docket Number: U999/CI-21-847 TO: Consumer Affairs Office, Minnesota Public...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Contact Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028; Rick Steiner [email protected] (907) 360-4503 Biden Estimate of “Conserved” Waters Inflated Almost All 30×30 Waters in Remote Pacific; Scant Safeguards for the...
