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...
Cottontail, Dead at 12 He was born in the balmy waters of Florida on December 30, 2008, and migrated thousands of miles up to Canada, his mother by his side, when he was less than a year old. Spotted more than 125 times by scientists, Cottontail was a welcome fixture...
For Immediate Release: Friday, April 2, 2021 Contact: Rick Steiner (907) 360-4503; Kirsten Stade [email protected] Another Gulf Deepwater Disaster Narrowly Averted Hurricane-Induced Drilling Emergency This Fall Only Now Coming to Light Washington, DC —...
BLM’s Litmus Test on Whistleblower An environmental analyst is facing termination for persisting in raising concerns about the potential for devastating impacts on raptors and other wildlife from a massive Wyoming oil and gas project. The BLM analyst, Walter Loewen,...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Chad Hardy regarding wastewater permits for the City of Delray Beach TO: Chad Hardy FROM: Jerrel Phillips DATE: March 30, 2021 TAGS: Florida, whistleblowers, water quality, clean...
DESCRIPTION: Judge’s Opinion on Rulemaking for E-Bikes in National Parks – Case 1:19-cv-03629-RC, Document 33 TO: PEER (Plaintiff) and National Park Service (Defendant) FROM: Judge Rudolph Contreras, United States District Court DATE: March 31, 2021 TAGS:...
