Commentary from PEER

COMMENTARY | A Challenge for the New Director of the National Park Service

by Guest Contributor | October 19, 2021

Absent a major shift in priorities at the National Park Service, it is only a matter of time before we see preventable deaths and other disasters ...

Revealed | EPA Data on potential PFAS Sites

by Tim Whitehouse | October 17, 2021

The scale of potential PFAS problems is several times larger than previously understood - more than 120,000 potential sites identified ...

COMMENTARY | EPA Needs to Change Methane Rules

by Guest Contributor | September 28, 2021

EPA now needs to update its rules for methane – and ground those rules in the 20-year outlook that the latest science demands ...

COMMENTARY | Protecting Democracy Means Protecting Whistleblowers

by Kevin Bell | September 21, 2021

The Protecting Our Democracy Act would provide critical checks on democracy and enhanced protection for government whistleblowers ...

STATEMENT | Bureau of Land Management to Re-Open DC Headquarters

by Tim Whitehouse | September 17, 2021

PEER applauds the Bureau of Land Management's decision to return its headquarters to Washington, DC ...

COMMENTARY | EPA’s Toxic Culture: Oversight Update

by Tim Whitehouse | August 18, 2021

There have been several positive developments in PEER’s efforts to expose the corrupt culture within EPA’s new chemicals program but still a long way to go ...

COMMENTARY | Code Red for Humanity on Climate Change

by Tim Whitehouse | August 11, 2021

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest assessment is a “code red for humanity." Congress and federal agencies must act now ...

COMMENTARY | EPA’s Pesticide Office – A Plague on Us All

by Paula Dinerstein | July 21, 2021

Reforming EPA’s thoroughly broken pesticide program is a bipartisan problem and will not happen without a powerful campaign of intervention ...

COMMENTARY | A View of the Climate Emergency

by Tim Whitehouse | July 1, 2021

Time is too short, we must all actively engage to address all aspects of this national climate emergency ...

COMMENTARY | The Chemistry Council’s PFAS Disinformation Campaign

by Tim Whitehouse | June 22, 2021

The American Chemistry Council is trying to convince federal and state legislators that PFAS isn't a problem that needs to be addressed ...

COMMENTARY | Deep-Sea Mining for Metals: Treading Carefully on the Path Toward Renewables

by Susan Sargent | June 8, 2021

Demand for metals and minerals that make up critical components of clean energy technology are on the rise ...

COMMENTARY | Scientists Will Urge Biden to Go Big on Ocean Protection

by Guest Contributor | June 2, 2021

Scientists’ letter urges the administration to prioritize highly threatened, productive continental shelf waters for protection. Sign the letter ...

COMMENTARY | What is Going On with Colorado Air Quality?

by Chandra Rosenthal | May 24, 2021

Colorado has been undermining its own air pollution experts for years in favor of easing requirements for polluters ...

COMMENTARY | Endangered Species Day: In Praise of the Combat Biologists

by Peter Jenkins | May 21, 2021

Combat biologists have helped ensure the success of the Endangered Species Act, working tirelessly for even the most humble creature ...

COMMENTARY | New England States Must Act on PFAS in Pesticides

by Tim Whitehouse | May 20, 2021

PFAS laden pesticides being sprayed aerially to control mosquitoes is yet another exposure to this ubiquitous forever chemical ...

COMMENTARY | Beefalo Befuddlement in Grand Canyon

by Jeff Ruch | May 17, 2021

Grand Canyon's plan to "lethally remove" 12 beefalo from its herd is fraught with ambiguity and lacking in scientific rationale ...

Op-Ed | The Park Service Has Lost Its Conservation Compass

by Jeff Ruch | May 17, 2021

The Park Service has cut programmatic work on conservation of species like endangered sea turtles - what will it take for NPS to turn itself around ...