For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Contact: Kirsten Stade [email protected]; Peter Jenkins [email protected] Suit to Bar E-Bikes from Park Trails Gets Greenlight Claims Challenging Legality of NPS E-Bikes Approval Will Be Heard Washington,...
Biden Administration Choices will Determine the Future of the Federal Workforce Overall, the taxpayer gets an extremely good deal with the federal employee. However, Department of Interior (DOI) federal workforce leadership and agency missions have been severely...
DESCRIPTION: Request for Review of Intentional Non-Enforcement of National Ambient Air Quality Standards by Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Pursuant to State Implementation Plan Under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq. TO: EPA, Office...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Contact Chandra Rosenthal (303) 898-0798 [email protected] Kevin Bell (240) 247-0298 [email protected] Colorado Orders Staff to Ignore Air Pollution Violations Air Modelers Request Federal Intervention and Whistleblower...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment to request that Colorado meet all Clean Air Act and Colorado Air Pollution Prevention and Control Act requirements TO: Jill Hunsaker-Ryan, Director, Colorado Department of Public Health...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Inspector General O’Donnell regarding the violations of law, mismanagement, and abuse of authority by CDPHE TO: Inspector General O’Donnell FROM: Kevin Bell / PEER DATE: March 30, 2021 TAGS: Colorado, EPA, Whistleblowers,...
DESCRIPTION: Request for Review of Intentional Non-Enforcement of National Ambient Air Quality Standards by Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Pursuant to State Implementation Plan Under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq. TO: Inspector...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Contact Kyla Bennett, PEER, 508-230-9933, [email protected]; Ruth Berlin, Maryland Pesticide Education Network, 410-693-7319, [email protected] PFAS Found in Widely Used Insecticide Environmental groups call on EPA...
Mining: An Eco-Price for Fighting Climate Change Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said on March 9, 2021 that “the United States needs to boost domestic production of the minerals used to make electric vehicles, so long as it’s done sustainably.” Hardrock...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to inform Maryland Department of Agriculture and Maryland Department of the Environment about the presence of PFAS in the pesticide Permanone 30-30 used by Maryland and other states in their mosquito control programs TO: Secretary Joseph...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to inform EPA about the presence of PFAS in the pesticide Permanone 30-30 used by Maryland and other states in their mosquito control programs TO: EPA Administrator Michael Regan FROM: PEER and Maryland Pesticide Education Network DATE: March 24,...
For Immediate Release Monday, March 21, 2021 USGS Fires Lab Biosafety Whistleblower Scientist’s Year-Long Limbo Ends; Groups Push for Accrediting USGS Labs Washington, DC — A microbiologist who charges that biosafety failures in U.S. Geological Survey wildlife...
Let’s Resist the Temptation to “Improve” Wilderness The 2020 passage of the Great America Outdoors Act will mean a big infusion for cash-starved federal land management agencies. Amid the excitement, I wanted to sound a note of caution based on my experience as...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to USGS regarding animal care accreditation for USGS wildlife health laboratories TO: David Applegate, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) FROM:Bonobo Conservation Initiative, Center for Biological Diversity, Endangered Species Coalition,...
For Immediate Release: Friday, March 19, 2021 Contact: Peter Jenkins (202) 265-4189; Kirsten Stade [email protected] USGS Wildlife Labs Criticized Over Animal Care Call for Independent Accreditation of All USGS Live Animal Facilities Washington, DC — Wildlife...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Department of Interior to extend the Suspension of Delegated Authority from January 20, 2021, regarding easements and rights-of-way TO: Secretary Deb Haaland, Department of Interior FROM: PEER DATE: March 17, 2021 TAGS: cell towers, NPS,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 18, 2021 CONTACT Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 Kirsten Stade [email protected] National Parks Screwing Up Cell Tower Permits Nearly One-Third Invalid or Expired; Call to Extend Permit Moratorium Washington, DC — The...
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Contact: Peter Jenkins, PEER (202) 265-4189; Sylvia Wu, Center for Food Safety, (510) 434-4871, Hannah Connor, Center for Biological Diversity (202) 681-1676 Call to Restore Ban on Farming Risks in Wildlife Refuges GM...
Supreme Court FOIA Decision and Official Candor In Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first majority opinion issued earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) does not require release of agency draft biological opinions under...
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028: Kirsten Stade [email protected] Critical Tsunami Warning System Inoperative for Days NOAA Scientists Ordered Not to Discuss DART Outages on Social Media Washington, DC — Our main...
