Protecting America’s Water and Wetlands
PEER works with federal, state and local public servants to protect our rivers, lakes, wetlands, aquifers and coastal waters. We fight to ensure the federal government protects all waters and wetlands of the United States under the Clean Water Act and to ensure everyone has a safe, sufficient supply of clean water.
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NEWS FROM PEER
EPA Political Appointees Violate Science Integrity Rules
Complaint Details HQ Systematically Sidelining Science in WOTUS Review
Orlando Chronic Sewage Breakdowns Fester
Spills Risk COVID Exposure Yet No Abatement or Enforcement
Trump Administration’s Wetland Deception
One Federal Agency Lauds Wetlands as Another Seeks Their Destruction
Sewage Spills Pose COVID-19 Risks
Overflows into Drinking Water Sources May Create New Infection Vectors
PEERMail: Taking Trump to Court Over Clean Water
This week, PEER joined 13 conservation groups in filing a lawsuit in federal court against the administration’s effort to eliminate clean water protections for wetlands and streams that feed drinking-water sources for 200 million Americans. The Southern Environmental...
Suit Against EPA’s Elimination of Clean Water Protections
EPA Rule Paves Way for Destruction of Wetlands and Small Streams
New Water Rule Guts Wetlands Projects
EPA’s Analysis Finds Nearly Half Billion Dollars in Annual Business Losses Possible
PEERMail: Out of Sight – Not Out of Mind
Until enactment of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (also known as the Ocean Dumping Act) in October 1972, the U.S. routinely dumped high-level radioactive, medical, and other military and industrial wastes into the sea. As a result, America’s...
EPA Lead Plan Won’t Prevent Future Flints
Loopholes and Limitations Hobble Removal of Lead from Drinking Water
PEERMail: The Worst One Yet
Of the estimated 95 Trump environmental rollbacks, perhaps none is as dangerous as the latest attempt to gut the Clean Water Act. The plan to cut back clean water protections will— Leave 60% of currently protected streams, pools, and wetlands (and up to 90% in the...
EPA Political Appointees Violate Science Integrity Rules
Complaint Details HQ Systematically Sidelining Science in WOTUS Review
