COMMENTARY | “Climate Smart” Agriculture Requires Better Environmental Assessments
by Hudson Kingston | October 2, 2022
USDA should skip playing the markets and allow for greater public input as it develops its climate programs ...
COMMENTARY | Glacier Skies to Finally Go Quiet
by Paula Dinerstein | September 29, 2022
The path to serenity in the skies above all national parks is no longer subject to the demands of commercial tourism but the work is far from over ...
COMMENTARY | The Worst Kind of Backroom Deal
by Tim Whitehouse | September 12, 2022
It is time to work to stop the Manchin-Schumer side deal to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA ...
STATEMENT | EPA’s PFOA and PFOS Hazardous Substances Designation Under CERCLA Proposal
by Tim Whitehouse | August 26, 2022
Today's actions by the EPA do nothing to stem the tide of future Superfund sites caused by toxic PFAS contamination ...
COMMENTARY | The Inflation Reduction Act Funds Additional Staffing at National Park Service
by Colleen Teubner Zimmerman | August 18, 2022
The National Park Service received funding to hire 5,000 more employees over the next ten years as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ...
COMMENTARY | Building Better Climate Solutions
by Tim Whitehouse | August 10, 2022
To address climate change we must move faster to clean energy sources, reduce energy consumption, and conserve vast spaces of land and water ...
COMMENTARY | PFAS Contamination Study Yields Frightening Results
by Kyla Bennett | August 5, 2022
Environmental contamination of PFAS has exceeded a new planetary boundary or environmental limits within which humans can survive ...
COMMENTARY | Senate Agreement Kick-Starts Climate Action
by Tim Whitehouse | August 1, 2022
The Senate is one step closer to historic climate legislation that would benefit communities and invest hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy programs ...
COMMENTARY | Environmental Whistleblowers and the Need for Change at EPA
by Tim Whitehouse | July 20, 2022
Environmental whistleblowers may not grab the nation's attention but they are vital to creating meaningful government reforms ...
Op-Ed | An alarm is raised, little is done, and employees flee
by Chandra Rosenthal | July 13, 2022
Fed up with the state’s failure to regulate air permits, three state employees came forward about a year ago, but little has changed ...
COMMENTARY | Extreme Judicial Activism in West Virginia v. EPA
by Kevin Bell | June 30, 2022
The ruling, in effect, smothers any attempt to use EPA's existing statutory authorities to control carbon emissions or meaningfully slow climate change ...
REPORT | Building a Better BLM
by Chandra Rosenthal | June 15, 2022
To build a better BLM, PEER recommends prioritizing staff protecting land health and biodiversity and shift priorities away from resource extraction ...
COMMENTARY | New Mexico Dairy Farmers’ Toxic Fight
by Monica Mercola | June 6, 2022
A new Mexico Dairy farmer who lost his entire herd to PFAS contamination is yet another tragic example of the EPA's lack of action on PFAS regulation ...
COMMENTARY | One of “Donald’s Children”
by Jeff Ruch | May 20, 2022
Donald K. Ross was a lifelong activist, public interest attorney and founding board member of PEER ...
COMMENTARY | Preventing Future Zoonotic Pandemics
by Peter Jenkins | May 18, 2022
Four policy steps to reduce zoonotic disease risks and prevent future pandemics that stem from human interaction with wildlife ...
COMMENTARY | Colorado PFAS Prevention Act Passes
by Chandra Rosenthal | May 17, 2022
On May 11, 2022, the Colorado Legislature tackled the PFAS contamination crisis by passing one of the most comprehensive state bills restricting PFAS ...
COMMENTARY | Fighting Government Secrecy
by Tim Whitehouse | May 12, 2022
Government agencies are coming up short in their stewardship of environmental information, and that is having real world consequences ...
COMMENTARY | EPA’s Myth of Scientific Integrity
by Tim Whitehouse | May 4, 2022
The EPA keeps paying lip service to scientific integrity but reality, and the experiences of scientists at EPA, is a completely different story ...
STATEMENT | Earth Day 2022: A Vital Rallying Point
by Tim Whitehouse | April 20, 2022
PEER contributes to Earth Day year-round by supporting whistleblowers and working for the ethical management of our natural resources and strong environmental policies. Earth Day 2022 ...
COMMENTARY | This National Park Week Demands a Future Worthy of the NPS Conservation Legacy
by Tim Whitehouse | April 19, 2022
It is important to remember the many challenges facing national parks during this National Park Week ...
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