For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 27, 2020 Contact: Kirsten Stade [email protected] ; Peter Jenkins, [email protected] New Temporary Park Service Appointment Is Illegal Lawsuit Amended to Invalidate Latest “De Facto” Park Service Director Washington, DC —...
BLM Needs a Future Far Brighter Than Its Past This month, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt christened a new headquarters for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management – three floors of an office building located in Grand Junction, Colorado. This move is notable for a...
EPA’s Latest Toxic PFAS Whitewash Revealed PEER is fighting EPA’s latest toxic whitewash – this time it involves per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS are known as “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the human body and the environment. They...
“What this process has done over the years is allow oil and gas interests to hoard land on the tiny chance they might develop it. During the Trump administration, land virtually given away in noncompetitive leases has more than doubled from 141,000 acres in 2017...
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 20, 2020 Contact: Kirsten Stade [email protected] EPA Should Stop Spewing Tax-Paid Propaganda Stream of Partisan Social Media Puffery Violates Appropriations Ban Washington, DC — Much of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 Contact: Kirsten Stade, [email protected] Why Was Pendley Chosen? BLM Has No Answers BLM Can Find No Documents Explaining Pendley Selection or Qualifications Washington, DC — In response to a lawsuit, the U.S....
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 Contact: NORA, Jeff van Ee, [email protected]; Kirsten Stade, PEER, [email protected] Nevada Outdoor Recreation Association Hands over Reins to PEER 62-Year Legacy of Advocating for Public Lands Will Continue...
“Public lands account for a quarter of the nation’s land area and nearly a quarter of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions through extraction and combustion of fossil fuels. Conversely, the amount of CO2 sequestered by soils, forests, shrublands, grasslands...
Republished with permission from Common Dreams Public Lands Are Key to Fighting Climate Change A new administration must stop this fossil fuel madness and rapidly work to heal our degraded public lands. If you ask people where greenhouse gases come from, they...
Donald Trump boasted last week he opposed additional funding for the United States Postal Service (USPS) to make it more difficult to deliver mail-in ballots. Another new low for the President? Yes. But destroying the postal service’s financial wellbeing has been the...
Last week PEER filed two new lawsuits against the EPA for violations of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). PEER requested information months ago about revisions to EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board regulations and the long delay in the creation of a nationwide map...
Trump’s Temporary Insanity President Trump delights in avoiding the U.S. Senate’s confirmation process, instead preferring to rotate through a carousel of temporary appointees. Last year, he declared: “I like ‘acting’ because I can move so quickly. It gives me...
PEER Outlines Plan to Get Park Service Back on Track Since its inception over a century ago, the National Park Service has been tasked with conserving large swaths of America’s incomparable scenery, protecting vulnerable wildlife, and preserving our natural and...
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Contact: Jerry Phillips 855-877-8097; Kirsten Stade [email protected] Toxic PFAS Taints DelRay AND Boynton Beach Florida Needs to Develop Monitoring Program and Safety Standards Tallahassee: Reclaimed water and sludge...
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s Autocratic Power Grab In an obscure announcement on July 22nd about President Trump’s border wall obsession, the Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, stated that he was handing 66 acres managed by the Bureau of Land...
PEERMail: Saving Rare Sea Turtles Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are the rarest sea turtles in the world. After decades of work, these turtles have fought their way back from the brink of extinction with the help of the internationally recognized Turtle Science and...
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933; Kirsten Stade [email protected] New Federal Licenses May Sink Lobster Fleets NOAA’s Past Accommodations of Lobster Industry Come Back to Bite It Boston — After a series of court...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 23, 2020 CONTACT Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028; Kirsten Stade [email protected] National Park Cell Tower Violations Pile Up Lawsuit and Audit to Expose Shady Telecom Deals with National Parks Washington, DC — One year after an...
DESCRIPTION: Report on Enforcement Efforts by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection – Calendar Year 2019 DATE: July 22, 2020 TAGS: Florida, Pollution, Water...
