The Risks of Paying for Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Sequestration On January 27, President Biden issued his Executive Order (EO), Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. It includes numerous positive provisions that should bring the U.S. back into the...
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Contact: Kirsten Stade [email protected] National Academy Blisters EPA Chemical Risk Assessments EPA Approach Not “Comprehensive, Workable, Objective, and Transparent” Washington, DC — In a new report, the...
What’s Next On Scientific Integrity? On January 27th, President Biden issued an Executive Memorandum on scientific integrity in the federal government. The memo lays out a process for a Task Force on Scientific Integrity as well as agency heads for developing...
Research Suppression at USDA and Stagnation of Agricultural Science Former PEER client Jonathan Lundgren, PhD, was a top-rated USDA research scientist until he started revealing the environmental harms, especially to bees and other pollinators, of the neonicotinoid...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 11, 2021 Contact Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 Newsom Backs Off Santa Susana Clean-Up Guarantee Permanent Pollution OK Is Focus of Closed-Door Negotiation with Boeing Oakland —After months of tough talk, the Newsom...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 4, 2021 Contact Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028 Federal Wildlife Disease Labs in Dangerous Shape Biosafety Breaches Risk Zoonotic Outbreaks and Hinder COVID Research Washington, DC — As the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the...
Vilsack Pick Fails Scientific Integrity Test On January 21, President Biden issued an extensive Executive Memorandum to department heads on the issue of scientific integrity. One federal agency that conducts much important scientific work is the U.S. Department of...
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal [PEER] (303) 898-0798; Kirsten Stade [email protected] Call for Federal Intervention Vs Colorado Air Pollution State Inaction on Coal Plant Emissions Endangering Public Health...
Cautious Optimism for Biden’s Climate Direction Last week, the Biden administration issued a sweeping set of executive orders to address climate change, environmental justice, public lands and scientific integrity in the coming years. These orders are an...
Social Distancing to Curb COVID-19 and National Park Overcrowding Donald Trump wanted to pretend that the COVID pandemic could be ignored and would just magically go away, even as it has now taken more American lives than were lost in World War II. Part of this façade...
For Immediate Release: Monday, February 1, 2021 Contact: Jeff Ruch [PEER] (510) 213-7028; Sally Schlichting [SEACC] (907) 957-3488 Tongass Timber Sales Mismanaged – Official Audit “Pressure to Meet Timber Sale Goals” Led to Violations and Financial Losses Washington,...
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 29, 2021 Contact: Kirsten Stade [email protected] Vilsack’s Disturbing Suppression of USDA Science His Biotech Advocacy Quashed Research Showing Adverse Effects Washington, DC — As Secretary of Agriculture under Obama, Tom...
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 28, 2021 Contact: Kirsten Stade [email protected], Jennifer Kunze [email protected] Maryland Clean Energy Program Has Big Dirty Component Consumers Paying More for High-Polluting Renewables “Dressed in Green” Washington, DC...
The Biden administration announced yesterday a sweeping set of orders to address climate change, environmental justice, public lands and scientific integrity in the coming years. This bold vision is desperately needed and long overdue. The orders include, among other...
A large and growing portion of Maryland’s renewable “clean energy” comes from high-polluting energy sources. In 2019 alone, approximately 40% of the energy attributed to the state’s Tier 1 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) came from “dirty” sources, up by more than a...
For immediate release: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Contact: Jerry Phillips, (850) 877-8097; Kirsten Stade, [email protected] PEER Requests Florida Take Immediate Action To Stop Leaching of Toxic Chemicals into Consumer Products Tallahassee – New information from the...
Restoring Confidence in the Senate Confirmation Process We should feel confident that our government leaders are working for us and not for their former employers. Confident that Senate-confirmed nominees have no conflicts of interest that would improperly sway their...
Rocky Mountain PEER Director Chandra Rosenthal lays out steps that the Biden Administration, Congress and the Bureau of Land Management can take to move the agency into the next decade and beyond, addressing things like conflicted leadership, loss of institutional...
Biden’s Approach to Climate Disruption: What Will It Mean for Federal Agencies? President Biden has called for a “whole of government” approach (WGA) to addressing climate disruption. How would this approach help bend down our nation’s carbon emissions...
