Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

Washington, DC, Sept. 9, 2019 — National parks are getting wired, despite rising concerns about impacts on scenery, soundscapes, and serenity, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).  The cellular footprint inside the national park system is spreading, with whole networks of cell towers springing up in some of America’s grandest parks, including both Grand […]

Washington, DC, Sept. 5, 2019 — More than 1,500 people die annually from motor vehicle-related carbon monoxide poisoning, yet the nation’s transportation safety watchdog has taken no preventative actions, according to documents obtained through a lawsuit brought by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).  Compounding its inaction, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has blocked […]

Washington, DC, Aug. 20, 2019 — The Mount Rushmore State will suffer devastating impacts if Trump’s plans to roll back Clean Water Act protections come to fruition, according to an eco-profile posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The overwhelming majority of South Dakota’s streams and wetlands will lose federal Clean Water Act coverage […]

Washington, DC August 5, 2019 – Precisely because New Mexico is so arid it can ill afford to lose the waters targeted by the Trump plan to roll back clean water protections, according to a new analysis posted by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).  The Land of Enchantment will see not only its access […]

Washington, DC, July 16, 2019 — Under pressure from pending litigation, the Federal Aviation Administration is vowing to curb excessive air tours buzzing over national parks starting this summer, according to sworn declarations submitted in a lawsuit brought by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). This new FAA pledge belies its failure to establish a […]

Washington, DC, July 12, 2019 — An obscure but important arm of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is slated for withering revisions, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).  Under proposed regulations being considered by EPA, only industry and other permit holders would be able to file administrative appeals on new permits, shutting the door to […]

Washington, DC, July 2, 2019 — A major national park should do a better job of protecting its wildlife from excessive and inhumane hunting practices, according to a rulemaking petition filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).  The focus is Cape Cod National Seashore, a national park unit that has a legal mandate […]

Washington, DC, May 21, 2019 — The White House Office of Management and Budget website has publicly posted a document entitled “OMB Review Redline Version” of the USEPA Draft Interim Recommendations to Address Groundwater Contaminated with Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate that significantly narrows much of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to address […]

Washington, DC, April 9, 2019 — Grand Teton National Park is poised to approve the biggest expansion of wireless facilities in any national park. Its approval process trampled federal law and agency policy, according to a complaint filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). In the past, every national park has limited expansion […]

Washington, DC, March 21, 2019 — One of the federal government’s biggest programs acreage-wise now occupies the tiniest slice of cyberspace, according to a review by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) website has demoted commercial livestock grazing from a program to a sub-program, sharing equal billing with […]