The U.S. Lags Way Behind Other Countries in Banning Harmful Pesticides Paraquat, one of the most acutely deadly herbicides on the market, has been banned or phased out in dozens of countries, as have many pesticides. But it continues to be used in the U.S. Think...
Climate Change and the Transition Ahead With much of the nation focused on the pandemic and the Presidential transition, PEER is not losing sight of the fact that the world is entering its final phase of the battle to stabilize the world’s climate. That’s why we are...
For Immediate Release: Monday, November 16, 2020 Contact: Tim Whitehouse (202) 265-7337; Kirsten Stade [email protected] More PFAS Found in Maryland Water and Seafood Maryland Must Set Health Standards for Toxic “Forever Chemical” Silver Spring, MD – New...
COVID-19, Yellowstone, and the Company that puts the American Public at Risk: An Open Letter Dear Concerned Citizen, On February 17, 2020, on a -16 degree morning, in the remote town of West Yellowstone, winter snow guides took to the frozen streets to shed light on...
For Immediate Release: Friday, November _, 2020 Contact: Kevin Bell (202) 265-7337; Kirsten Stade [email protected] First Glimpse Behind Scenes at Battle of Lafayette Park Confusion and Misinformation Dominated Operation Outside White House Washington, DC — As new...
Dear Friends, With the election results still coming in, we at PEER recognize that the most important thing to do at this time is to make sure every vote is counted, and there are no attempts to disrupt a peaceful transfer of power if the presidency changes. That is...
Schedule F: America’s Toxic Politics is Killing Us On October 23, in one of his last acts before the 2020 Presidential Elections, President Trump signed an executive order that threatens to gut a century-and-a-half of civil service reforms. The President’s order...
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 23, 2020 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028; Kirsten Stade [email protected] “Zombie” Dams Imperil Pacific Northwest Waters Special Counsel Probes Army Corps Failure to Assess Dam Operations Washington, DC — For decades, the US...
Rocky Road Ahead The next few months will be momentous. No matter the election’s outcome, we know this administration will continue to impose its will on the American people right up to the moment it leaves office. And these actions could have profound effects on...
When Government is Run By A Gilded Few, Essential Workers Pay the Price With the coronavirus in “uncontrolled spread” in late October in 34 states and Puerto Rico, according to CovidExitStrategy.org, and with top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci saying we are...
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933; Kirsten Stade [email protected] Rhode Island Ignores Sewage Dumping in Historic Harbor Federal Action Sought to Stop Sewage Discharges Befouling Sakonnet Harbor Boston — One of...
Proposed Definition of ‘Habitat’ Could Spell Trouble for Marine Life What do right whales, loggerhead sea turtles and the western snowy plover have in common? All three of these species ply the waters off America’s coasts, and all face pressure from climate change....
Alarming PFAS Levels in Delray Beach Drinking Water Toxic “Forever Chemicals” May be Accumulating in Drinking Water Aquifer Tallahassee — The level of toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water samples from the city of Delray Beach, Florida exceeds the safety limits in...
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028; Kirsten Stade [email protected] Deregulation of Rad Waste Disposal Plows Ahead Decommissioned Reactors OK-ed for Landfills in Big Gift to Nuclear Industry Washington, DC —The Nuclear...
PEER is suing the U.S. Forest Service to force it to produce a long-promised audit of losses from past timber sales in the Tongass National Forest. In 2017, PEER obtained an internal Forest Service document that found staggering monetary losses in two large Tongass...
Is Pendley Indispensable at BLM or Just Undetectable? After ruling that William Perry Pendley is illegally occupying the un-confirmed post atop the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, a federal court in Montana is now engaged in a fascinating exercise of determining which...
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 8, 2020 Contact: Jeff Ruch (510) 213-7028; Kirsten Stade [email protected] Forest Service Tongass Timber Audit Remains Hidden Lawsuit Seeks Overdue Audit as Forest Service Preps Big Timber Expansion Washington, DC — After...
Originally published and reprinted with permission from WBUR.org. Should We Stop Spraying for Mosquitoes During the Pandemic? Nearly 60 years ago, Rachel Carson wrote that the “current vogue for poisons” resulted in a pesticide barrage as crude “as the cave man’s...
For Immediate Release: Monday, October 5, 2020 Contact: Kirsten Stade [email protected] Park Service Scrambles to Finish E-Bike Rule Hastily Fashioned Regulation Will Not Extinguish Lawsuit Challenge Washington, DC — Today in an attempt to block litigation brought...
