Concern Over President’s Choice to Head Federal Wildlife Agency After receiving my Master of Science degree in Wildlife Ecology, I set my sights on getting a job with what I and many biologists considered to be the most prestigious wildlife conservation agency in the...
Past Confirmed Directors of the FWS and Their Prior Education and Experience Name President Period Served Education/Experience Aurelia Skipwith Trump 2019-2020 B.S. in Biology; M.S. in Molecular Genetics Dan Ashe Obama 2011-2017 B.S. in Biology; M.S. in Marine...
Opaque Decision-Making at The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division A Faulty Records Retention Policy The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division, the state agency dedicated to administering the Clean Air Act, recorded its smoggiest summer this decade. In response,...
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...
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...
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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 29, 2021 Contact Peter Jenkins [email protected] (202) 265-4189 BLM Fires Migratory Bird Whistleblower on Second Try Case Is Early Litmus Test of Whether Hidebound BLM Will Be Reformed Washington, DC — A two-year effort by...
To Regulate “Super Greenhouse Gases” Congress Must Act Sulfur Hexafluoride is most potent “super greenhouse gas” known to exist 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, wrapped with stark reminder from world leaders of the need...
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...
PEER Profile: Policy and Litigation in the Midwest Since September it has been my pleasure to be a Litigation and Policy Attorney here at PEER. What is it that a Litigation and Policy Attorney does, you ask? Many things my friend. First and foremost, I’m excited to...
DESCRIPTION: COMMENTS ON Proposed Amendment to Rules Governing Certificates of Need and Site and Route Permits for Large Electric Power Plants and High-Voltage Transmission Lines, Minnesota Rules Chapters 7849 and 7850 and Governing Notice Plan Filing Requirements,...
Un-Silencing National Park Service Voices PEER today released the buried National Park Service Voices 2018 report. Stung by a 2017 survey in which 35 percent of the more than 28,000 Department of Interior employees surveyed said they experienced harassment or...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2021 Contact Jeff Ruch, PEER (510) 213-7028 [email protected] Melissa Bumstead, Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab [email protected] Radioactive Buildings Dynamited Near L.A. State Permits Santa Susana Demolition Without...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2021 Contact Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798 [email protected]; Kevin Bell [email protected] Park Service Shelved Employee Harassment Review Elaborate Employee Outreach Effort Completed in 2018 but Not Distributed Washington, DC — A...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to regarding the NPS Voices listening tour and report identifying culture of employee harassment TO: National Park Service Director Nominee Charles (Chuck) Sams FROM: Tim Whitehouse, PEER Executive Director DATE: November 15, 2021 TAGS: EPA,...
Is EPA Playing with Funny Numbers in its Methane Proposal? EPA’s much-anticipated methane regulations have arrived. President Biden had called on the agency to regulate this super-potent greenhouse gas soon after taking office. On Tuesday, EPA answered with a 577-page...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2021 Contact Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028; Kyla Bennett [email protected] (508) 230-9955 EPA Employees Pan State of Scientific Integrity Many in New Survey Report Misconduct, Retaliation, and Feelings of Futility ...
Reversing EPA’s Pesticide Failures In a scathing letter issued last week, a group of 37 environmental, public health, and sustainable agriculture groups, including beekeeper councils, have urged the Biden administration to adopt reforms within EPA’s Office of...
Stop the Senseless Slaughter States across the country have expanded controversial predator control programs in contradiction to federal goals of species protection. States are permitting or encouraging trophy hunting and hunting and trapping of predators,...
DESCRIPTION: Implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act TO: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change FROM: Tim Whitehouse, PEER Executive Director DATE: October 26, 2021 TAGS: EPA, chemical...
