Climate Change and Energy Dependence
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.
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NEWS FROM PEER – Climate and Energy
Illegal Colorado Air Pollution Permits Targeted
First Major Test for State’s New Environmental Justice Action Task Force
REPORT | Maryland Clean Energy Report 2022 (PDF)
PEER is calling on Maryland leadership to get dirty energy sources out of the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
Op-Ed | Why KC Becker holds the key to Front Range air quality
Colorado has been badly out of compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for a decade now. It’s getting worse, not better.
COMMENTARY | Climate Integrity Project Targets False Solutions
PEER is launching a Climate Integrity Project to address bogus offsets, keeping clean energy clean and strengthening transparency in climate programs.
EPA’s Lax Methane Stance Decried
EPA’s 100-Year Standard for Methane Minimizes Climate Change Impact
COMMENTARY | Conservation and Climate Action Require a Better Bureau of Land Management
Without changing its own culture, Bureau of Land Management will be unable to achieve the Biden Administration’s conservation and climate goals.
COMMENTARY | To Regulate “Super Greenhouse Gases” Congress Must Act
Congressional action is needed reduce the use of Sulfur Hexafluoride, the most potent “super greenhouse gas” known to exist
COMMENTARY | We Can’t Build Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
Reducing our energy use must be a goal. Time is too short, and the climate math is too rigorous, for us to build our way out of this crisis.
PEERMail | From PFAS to Climate Change: Are we Moving Forward Yet?
While we have many reasons to be optimistic, the Biden Administration’s environmental actions so far are falling short.
COMMENTARY | EPA Needs to Change Methane Rules
EPA now needs to update its rules for methane – and ground those rules in the 20-year outlook that the latest science demands.
Webinar | Is “Retail Choice” Working For U.S. Consumers?
Webinar features experts in key states that deregulated their residential energy supply markets in the 1990s and their lessons learned.
COMMENTARY | Code Red for Humanity on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest assessment is a “code red for humanity.” Congress and federal agencies must act now!
COMMENTARY | A View of the Climate Emergency
Time is too short, we must all actively engage to address all aspects of this national climate emergency.
PEERMail | Time to “Go Big” on Oceans
Fighting to conserve 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030 – including our oceans – is what this moment in history demands.
Colorado Air Pollution – Gold and Fossil Fuel Mining
Several mines in Colorado received unlawful air permits that do not comply with air quality standards as a result of false emissions data.
Colorado Air Pollution – Xcel Power Plants
Air permits for the Cherokee Power Plant and Pawnee Generating Station were both issued under faulty air modeling and a disregard of multi-year emissions overages.
COMMENTARY | Deep-Sea Mining for Metals: Treading Carefully on the Path Toward Renewables
Demand for metals and minerals that make up critical components of clean energy technology are on the rise
Colorado Air Pollution – Suncor
The allegations against the CDPHE implicate the air permit renewal for the Suncor Energy oil refinery in Commerce City.
COMMENTARY | What is Going On with Colorado Air Quality?
Colorado has been undermining its own air pollution experts for years in favor of easing requirements for polluters.
PEERMail | Conservation Road Map Falls Short
Fighting climate change and the extinction crises requires bold federal action on issues such as wilderness conservation and endangered species management.