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...
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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 21, 2022 Contact Tim Whitehouse, [email protected], 202-265-7337 Maryland Renewable Energy Program’s Dirty Rip-Off MD Ratepayers Subsidize Polluting Energy at Premium Prices Washington, DC — Maryland’s clean program has...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Contact Chandra Rosenthal, [email protected],(303) 898-0798 Illegal Colorado Air Pollution Permits Targeted First Major Test for State’s New Environmental Justice Action Task Force Denver, CO — Colorado’s...
Federal Protections Restored to Gray Wolves PEER applauds the restoration of Endangered Species Act protection for the gray wolf, announced last night. Continuing to protect wolves within their entire historic range under the Endangered Species Act will protect...
PEER works with Lawmakers to Fight Conowingo License PEER has filed an amicus brief on behalf Maryland lawmakers in support of a federal lawsuit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for issuing a new license to the Exelon Corporation to operate the...
ISSUED Wednesday, February 9, 2022 WHAT: Hearing challenging removal of U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) environmental specialist Walter Loewen charging retaliation for his disclosing agency violations of Migratory Bird Treaty Act, National Environmental Policy...
Scientific Integrity’s Central Conundrum President Biden’s effort to fix a broken system of safeguards designed to prevent political manipulation and suppression of science rests upon a single dubious premise – the Executive Branch is capable of restraining its...
Originally published in and reprinted with permission of the Daily Camera. Why KC Becker holds the key to Front Range air quality Take a deep breath. That is probably the quickest way to confirm that the Denver metro area has a serious air pollution problem. In fact,...
Climate Integrity Project Targets False Solutions The world is in a climate crisis. Yet, many of the control mechanisms adopted here and abroad create only the illusion of progress. That is why PEER is launching a Climate Integrity Project that will focus on...
Another Deadly Year For Manatees Manatees are dying at unprecedented rates this year, according to figures posted by PEER from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. If this trend holds for the rest of 2022, Florida will have suffered three...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 07, 2022 Contact Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Boeing Money Preceded Waiver of Pollution Penalties Water Board Chair Reaped Boeing Cash Before Woolsey Fire Fines Forgiven Oakland, CA — A key state official may...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 04, 2022 Contact Tim Whitehouse, 202-265-7337 [email protected] 2022 Begins Another Deadly Year for Manatees High Toll in January Adds Cold Stress as Another Factor Driving Mortality Washington, DC — The new year is not...
DESCRIPTION: PEER submitted comments supporting a proposed OPM rulemaking that would remove a prohibition on “clean record” settlements for whistleblowers who are challenging illegal retaliation. TO: Office of Personnel Management FROM: Hudson Kingston, PEER DATE:...
DESCRIPTION: PEER letter to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission regarding whether the Commission should initiate a rulemaking to cover carbon pipelines under existing hazardous liquid pipeline authority TO: Consumer Affairs Office, Minnesota Public Utilities...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 27, 2022 Contact Monica Mercola [email protected] “Forever Chemical” Disposal Becoming Eco-Nightmare EPA Data Depict Vast Uncontrolled and Spreading Web of PFAS Waste Washington, DC —New data compiled by the U.S....
MAPPING PFAS PFAS Waste Generation and Disposal Through a Freedom of Information Act request, PEER received data from EPA on PFAS transfers identified in hazardous waste e-manifests and state waste code searches. This data and the map PEER produced has information on...
