by Guest Contributor | Jul 8, 2020
How GAO Is Helping Shine A Light on My Former Federal Agency Working for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), my team investigated groundwater contamination coming from several former uranium mill sites from 2012 to 2016. The DOE Office of Legacy Management (LM)...
by Kirsten Stade | May 27, 2020
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Contact: Jerry Phillips (850) 877-8097; Kirsten Stade kstade@peer.org Spills Risk COVID Exposure Yet No Abatement or Enforcement Tallahassee — During the past five years, Orlando’s major wastewater treatment facility...
by Kirsten Stade | May 12, 2020
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 Contact: Kirsten Stade kstade@peer.org One Federal Agency Lauds Wetlands as Another Seeks Their Destruction Washington, DC — Two federal environmental agencies are taking diametrically opposed positions on the ecological...
by Kirsten Stade | May 5, 2020
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 Contact: Tim Whitehouse, 240-247-0299; Kirsten Stade kstade@peer.org Overflows into Drinking Water Sources May Create New Infection Vectors Washington, DC — The virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes Coronavirus, is...
by Tim Whitehouse | May 1, 2020
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...
by Kirsten Stade | Apr 29, 2020
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933; Kirsten Stade kstade@peer.org Suit Against EPA’s Elimination of Clean Water Protections EPA Rule Paves Way for Destruction of Wetlands and Small Streams CHARLESTON, S.C. – Public...
