DESCRIPTION: Request to Expand Scope of Investigation by Special Assistant Attorneys General into Non-Enforcement of National Ambient Air Quality Standards by the CO Department of Public Health and Environment, Air Pollution Control Division. TO: Colorado Attorney...
Biden’s First 100 Days During his first 100 days in office, President Biden has begun to chart a new course for the nation’s environmental programs. Pivoting from Trump’s climate antics, the President paused new oil and natural gas leases on public lands and in...
The Department of Labor (DOL) administers whistleblower provisions in over 20 different statutes relevant to the environment, workplace safety, airlines, commercial motor carriers, consumer products, financial reform, food safety, health insurance reform, motor...
Haaland’s Bold Move Forward at Interior On April 16, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued her first two secretarial orders. The first establishes a climate task force, coordinating the Department of the Interior efforts to address climate change. The...
For immediate release: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Contact: Kirsten Stade [email protected] EPA Scientist Wins Award amid Fight To Win Her Job Back Dr. Etzel Seeks Return to Helm of Office of Children’s Health Protection Washington, DC — The expert the U.S....
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 26, 2021 Contact Jeff Ruch, [email protected] (510) 213-7028 Alaska Red King Crab Dethroned by Scientific Fraud For 40 Years NOAA Inflated Population and Masked Disastrous Overfishing Washington, DC — During the past half-century, the...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to NOAA Section 515 Officer regarding the complaint about information quality on Bristol Bay Red King Crabs TO: NOAA Section 515 Officer FROM: PEER DATE: April 26, 2021 TAGS: NMFS, Alaska,...
This Earth Day, we wanted to recognize whistleblowers and other federal and state employees who come forward at great personal risk to stand up for strong environmental and public health protections and to expose wrongdoing, malfeasance, and corruption in their...
Republished with permission by Common Dreams Reversing Scientific Integrity’s Race to the Bottom From COVID-19 to climate change, and toxic chemicals to endangered species, the health of this nation and our ecosystem depends on scientists being able to...
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 Kirsten Stade [email protected] Yellowstone’s Thermal Features vs. Expanded Bandwidth Plan to Bury 187 Miles of Fiber Optic Cable May Damage Park “Hot” Spots Washington, DC — A...
DESCRIPTION: Public Comments on the Environmental Assessment (EA) for Diamond Communication’s 187-mile fiber optic cable proposal for Yellowstone National Park urging Yellowstone to reject Diamond’s application for a right of way (ROW) in Yellowstone TO: National Park...
Green Energy: An Eco-Price for Fighting Climate Change Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is familiar with offshore utility-scale wind energy projects. Their effects are not completely benign. For example, PEER and other partners sued the Obama...
Pricing Carbon Pricing carbon is a tool to capture the social costs associated with emitting carbon into the atmosphere, costs that are not otherwise captured by the market price of fossil fuels. But what does it mean for a government to put a price on carbon? One...
Something Extraordinary – A Whistleblower Wins For nearly 30 years, Eveline (Evi) Emmenegger has been a microbiologist, working for the U.S. Geological Survey, mainly in its Seattle-based Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC). For more than a decade, she managed...
It’s Time to Ban Most PFAS Uses Congress needs to ban all but essential uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Firefighters who constantly wear turnout gear with incredibly high levels of PFAS are more likely to die of cancer than fighting fires....
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Contact Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 [email protected]; Paula Dinerstein [email protected] USGS Restores Fired Lab Biosafety Whistleblower Scientist Had Raised Alarms about Wildlife Disease Lab Biosecurity Breaches...
6 Things You Should Know About PFAS An estimated 200 million Americans are drinking water contaminated with per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and these chemicals have also been found in grocery store meats, milk, seafood, bottled water, as well as in wild...
DESCRIPTION: Comments submitted in opposition to Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act (S.567) FROM: PEER and others DATE: April 9, 2021 TAGS: public lands, Nevada...
For Immediate Release: Friday, April 9, 2021 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal [email protected]; Kirsten Stade [email protected] Federal Land Give-Away to Las Vegas Opposed Transfer Will Fuel Sprawl, Aggravating Water and Resource Woes Washington, DC — Conservation groups...
PEER hosted a webinar on steps the Biden administration must take to fix its broken pesticides program in order to protect human health and the environment. With the Biden administration promising to “protect scientists from political interference and ensure...
