Tags

Journalists: Please sign up for PEERmedia to receive all our recent releases, documents and other information that affect not only public employees, but the public at large.


EPA Quietly Telling States They Can Pollute More

From: CNN

“The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly signaled it may allow states to release more ozone air pollution, commonly known as smog, dirtying the air in those states…

Chemical Safety Board Delays Closed-Door Meeting

From: Bloomberg Environment

“Leaders at a small federal agency that probes major industrial disasters Oct. 31 scrapped an unusual closed-door meeting that had been announced with little…

Overfile Request/Clean Water Act: PEER's October 29th Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4

From: JD Supra

“PEER’s October 29th Overfile Request states that Venice operates a wastewater discharge facility (“Facility”) pursuant to an NPDES permit. The Facility is stated to…

Scott Promised to Be the Greenest Governor, But Wound Up Labeled 'Red Tide Rick'

From: Tampa Bay Times

“But his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by incumbent Bill Nelson has been haunted by scenes of environmental disaster from around the state: Gulf and Atlantic…

Ryan Zinke's Interior Is a Mess

From: Outside Online

“Nearly two years into the Trump administration, the DOI, for instance, has nearly as many of these vacant positions that must be appointed by the president and…


News Releases

ZINKE CLUELESS ON INTERIOR’S HARASSMENT CULTURE

Survey Shows Widespread Reports of Reprisal and Complaint Suppression

OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND TO LAPSE AT MONTH’S END

No Reauthorization Bill Introduced to Extend Oil Excise Tax for Cleanup Funds

PRUITT REFUSES TO REVEAL HIS CLIMATE SCIENCE

His Lawyers Call Lawsuit for Studies Discounting Human Role “a Trap”

LOW PRIORITY TOXIC SITES GO TO HEAD OF FLORIDA’S CLEANUP LINE

Rural Residents at Greater Risk from Leaving the Most Hazardous Sites Unabated

LAWSUIT TO REQUIRE CHEMICAL ACCIDENT EMISSION REPORTS

Hurricane Harvey Chemical Explosions Spotlight Neglected Clean Air Act Mandate