Trying Times For National Park Service Funding

by National Parks Traveler | November 12, 2023
The fiscal seesawing that the Park Service, and other federal agencies, have had to endure over the years takes a toll on the Park Service’s workforce. Earlier this year Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility noted that the agency’s attrition numbers have been on ...

PFAS-laden waste shipments underreported, unregulated — report

by E & E News | November 10, 2023
The lack of sufficient regulations on waste containing “forever chemicals” leaves U.S. communities vulnerable to increased shipments of dangerous substances, according to a new report. The report, published Thursday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, reveals ...

REPORT | “Forever Chemicals” Disposal Is Creating a Health Nightmare (PDF)

by | November 9, 2023
New data compiled by EPA depicts a vast, uncontrolled, and spreading web of unregulated disposal of PFAS waste ...

Citing EPA’s PFAS Data, PEER Renews Calls For Tougher RCRA Rules

by Inside EPA |
Watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is pointing to a new analysis of EPA data showing significant increases in shipments of PFAS waste between 2018 and 2023 to renew its call for the agency to craft strict “hazardous waste” rules for such waste, ...

NIH integrity plan is ‘like a car without an engine’

Draft lacks rules to prevent suppression of research, says Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility group The National Institutes of Health’s draft scientific integrity policy is “like a car without an engine”, according to a not-for-profit that encourages government ...
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