PEER’s Voice in Climate Change and Energy
Climate change is an urgent threat that demands decisive government action. PEER works to hold government accountable to ambitious climate goals based on sound science and policy and supports holistic approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building resiliency in our communities.
Our work supports meaningful climate actions at the federal, state and local level, including efforts to rapidly increase clean energy production, improve energy conservation, preserve nature and biodiversity, decrease our use of toxic chemicals and pesticides, and improve our agricultural practices.
We are also a watchdog for hidden dangers and scams that result from any new climate program. Our efforts to address climate change must occur in the context of transparency, scientific integrity, and the support of meaningful dissent, and there must be systems in place to evaluate the effectiveness of climate and energy programs.
NEWS FROM PEER
Biden’s Approach to Climate Disruption: What Will It Mean for Federal Agencies?
Biden's Approach to Climate Disruption: What Will It Mean for Federal Agencies? President Biden has called for a “whole of government” approach (WGA) to addressing climate disruption. How would this approach help bend down our nation’s carbon emissions trajectory?...
BLOG | Renewable Energy and Public Lands
Tensions may emerge between the dual goals of protecting natural areas and reducing GHG emissions, particularly when it comes to public lands.
BLOG | The Risks of Paying for Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Sequestration
As climate programs are revived under the new Administration, the role of greenhouse gas reduction offsets in agriculture are under fresh scrutiny.
PEERMail | Cautious Optimism for Biden’s Climate Direction
New Biden Administration orders on climate and public lands are a call to action. Now the real work begins, and it’s not going to be easy.
Maryland Clean Energy Program Has Big Dirty Component
Consumers Paying More for High-Polluting Renewables “Dressed in Green”
Maryland Renewable Energy Report
A large and growing portion of Maryland’s renewable “clean energy” comes from high-polluting energy sources.
Biden’s Approach to Climate Disruption: What Will It Mean for Federal Agencies?
Biden's Approach to Climate Disruption: What Will It Mean for Federal Agencies? President Biden has called for a “whole of government” approach (WGA) to addressing climate disruption. How would this approach help bend down our nation’s carbon emissions trajectory?...
Arctic Refuge Becoming Oil & Gas White Elephant
Desperate Last-Minute Government Maneuvers Denote Industry Disinterest
PEERMail | Climate Change and the Transition Ahead
Government actions must reflect the reality of climate change. The Biden-Harris campaign promises to address climate change on public lands.
BLOG: Climate Denier David Legates Joins NOAA
NOAA appointee Legates is unqualified, illegally appointed, and an eager spokesperson for anti-science/climate denier crusaders.
PEERMail: BLM Must Embrace Climate Solutions
Bureau of Land Management must confront climate change effects as a central element of its mission, as PEER presents in a 2021 action plan.
Public Lands Are Key to Fighting Climate Change
"Public lands account for a quarter of the nation’s land area and nearly a quarter of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions through extraction and combustion of fossil fuels. Conversely, the amount of CO2 sequestered by soils, forests, shrublands, grasslands and...
Allegations Against Climate Scientist Fall Apart
University of Colorado Bureaucratic Infighting Disrupts Climate Research
Funding Cuts Imperil Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Program At Padre Island National Seashore
"A National Park Service review of the renowned Kemp's ridley sea turtle recovery program at Padre Island National Seashore in Texas is calling for substantial funding cuts and programmatic changes that would greatly hamstring the program and amount to "conservation...
PEERMail: Climate Change Intensifies While University Stifles Research
This year is on track to be among the hottest on record as the levels of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere continue to rise to record levels yet universities like University of Colorado-Boulder are caving to oil and gas industry pressure and firing climate scientists like Dr. Detlev Helmig.
Trump nominates controversial, longtime acting head of land management bureau as director
"President Trump on Friday nominated William Perry Pendley, who has controversially served as the acting head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for months, to lead the agency. “Pendley has a long record of opposing the very existence of the public lands he now...
Arctic Climate Research Imperiled
University of Colorado Scientists Targeted by Oil Industry Removed
Questionable Termination Undermines Climate Science
University of Colorado-Boulder Serves Oil and Gas Special Interests
BLOG: Attack on Climate Science – 2020 Update
The Trump administration’s pro-industry, anti-science agenda has undermined the work of every federal agency that conducts climate science and has a broad chilling effect on agency personnel.
PEERMail: Fighting for the Planet in Court
Because Donald Trump's policy initiatives rely largely on "alternative facts," his operatives must suppress or distort the factual research conducted by the federal government's scientists, economists, and other subject matter specialists. Their disregard for the work...
CDC’s Top Climate Scientist Back In Hot Water
Centers Suppress Climate Lead for Drawing Congressional Oversight
