For Immediate Release October 26, 2021 Contact: Peter Jenkins (PEER) [email protected]; Jay Feldman (Beyond Pesticides) Jay Feldman, 202.255.4296, [email protected] EPA’s Pesticides Office Labeled as a Failure Groups Push Array of Immediate Reforms ...
High levels of toxic PFAS chemicals have been found in fish in Piscataway Creek in Prince George’s County, a popular waterway for recreational fishing. State officials are warning residents to limit consumption of certain fish from the creek — the first such fish...
A Challenge for the New Director of the National Park Service Originally published in and reprinted with permission of National Parks Traveler. A Crisis of Neglect Events of the past few years have drawn national attention to the critical need for staffing increases...
For Immediate Release October 18, 2021 Contact Kyla Bennett [email protected] EPA’s PFAS Action Plan A Dud Response Too Weak and Limited to Protect Public Health Washington, DC — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new plan to stem an escalating PFAS...
From PFAS to Climate Change: Are we Moving Forward Yet? Since President Biden was elected, we have been cautiously optimistic that this administration would cut through the political dysfunction in Washington and improve the health of our public workforce and...
For Immediate Release: Monday, October 18, 2021 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028; Monica Mercola [email protected] California May Have Second Most PFAS Sites of Any State EPA Identifies 120,000 Potential PFAS Sites in U.S. – Far More Than Ever Oakland — The PFAS...
For Immediate Release: Monday, October 18, 2021 Contact: Kirsten Stade [email protected] EPA Identifies More Than 120,000 Potential PFAS Sites in U.S. Limited Reporting and Growing Corporate Secrecy Blur Clearer Picture Washington, DC — The PFAS footprint across...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 18, 2021 CONTACT Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798 Monica Mercola [email protected] Colorado May Have the Most PFAS Sites of Any State EPA Identifies Around 120,000 Potential PFAS Sites in U.S. – Far More Than Ever Denver —...
Over 120,000 Facilities Handling PFAS The scale of potential PFAS problems is several times larger than previously understood – more than 120,000 potential sites identified. explore the map» To address the threat posed by toxic PFAS chemicals, EPA announced a...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 12, 2021 Contact Paula Dinerstein [email protected] FAA Off Course on National Park Air Tour Plans No Environmental or Noise Assessments Inform Draft Management Plans Washington, DC — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 30, 2021 Contact: PEER [Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028; Kirsten Stade [email protected]] HUD Resists Public Housing Radon Safeguards Groups Push for Radon Testing and Reduction Strategy After IG Findings Washington, DC — Hundreds...
Stop the Senseless Slaughter PEER, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Global Indigenous Council, and a coalition of 25 other Native American, conservation, and animal welfare groups have asked the Department of the Interior to stop the flow of federal funds that...
EPA Needs to Change Methane Rules The Biden administration moved climate-change regulation forward late last week. On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a class of greenhouse gases far more...
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933; Kirsten Stade [email protected] EPA Science Integrity Program Is Beacon of False Hope No Findings of Political Interference under Trump; Most Complaints Ignored Washington, DC —...
Hair on Fire and Yes Packages! How the Biden EPA Can Reverse the Chemical Industry’s Undue Influence This is the second in a series of webinars that examines how risk assessments for new chemicals have been improperly altered to eliminate or minimize risk...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 27, 2021 CONTACT Tom Rodgers, GIC (703) 980-4595 Rick Steiner, PEER (907) 360-4503 Collette Adkins, the Center, [email protected] (651) 955-3821 Jeff Ruch, PEER [email protected] (510) 213-7028 End Federal Subsidies...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 24, 2021 Contact Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798 Kevin Bell (202) 247-0298 Colorado AG Probe Confirms Air Pollution Failures Pollution Permits Improperly Issued; Managers Took “Unjustified” Actions Washington, DC — A...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland regarding rogue states receiving Pittman-Robertson funding despite their egregious management of wolf populations TO: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland FROM: PEER, Global Indigenous Council, Center for Biological...
Protecting Democracy Means Protecting Whistleblowers Over the last nine months we have all had a welcome reprieve from the daily attacks on our democracy and our sanity from the Trump administration and its various cronies. The Biden Administration has used that time...
