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PEERMail | Another Extraordinary Year

For many of us, 2021 was a year of constant adjustment – from the vicissitudes of the pandemic to the maliciousness of our country’s political landscape. Amid these challenges, we are heartened that the Biden administration has brought a much-needed focus on climate...

Expertise Gaps Plague EPA Chemical Assessments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 21, 2021 Contact Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933, [email protected] Expertise Gaps Plague EPA Chemical Assessments EPA Lacks Plan to Fill or Retain Critical Scientific Specialist Positions   Washington, DC — The U.S....

PEERMail | Protecting Wildlife Comes at a Big Price for Whistleblower

Protecting Wildlife Comes at a Big Price for Whistleblower PEER has filed an appeal before the U.S. Merit Systems Board in the case of Walter Loewen, a military veteran who had been an analyst with the Wyoming office of the Bureau of Land Management. The case will be...

VIDEO | Conowingo Dam: Last Chance for a Fair Deal

Waterkeepers Chesapeake are working with Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, Earthjustice and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to hold Exelon accountable for its fair share of the Conowingo Dam cleanup. In June 2021, four environmental groups filed a legal challenge to the...

COMMENTARY | Curing EPA’s Culture of Corruption

Curing EPA’s Culture of Corruption  America’s major environmental laws have little changed for decades. The Clean Water Act, Superfund, and others are rooted in the last century. One major exception is one of the oldest, the Toxic Substances Control Act (known by its...

PEERMail | Let’s Demand a Better Future for Our Planet

Let’s Not Imagine a Better Future for Our Planet, Let’s Demand It! I have been at PEER for just over 6 months, and I continue to be amazed by the good work that’s being carried out by PEER and the current and former employees we serve. It gives me great...

COMMENTARY | We Can’t Build Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

We can’t build our way out of the climate crisis Healing the planet sometimes means doing less, not more   Much of the focus on mitigating climate change has been centered around the electric sector. That makes sense for two reasons: it is the easiest sector to...