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 EPA Rule Paves Way for Destruction of Wetlands and Small Streams CHARLESTON, S.C. – Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility...
by Kirsten Stade | Apr 21, 2020
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Contact: Peter Jenkins (202) 265-4189 EPA’s Analysis Finds Nearly Half Billion Dollars in Annual Business Losses Possible Washington, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) buried its own...
by Tim Whitehouse | Jan 30, 2020
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...
by Kirsten Stade | Jan 19, 2020
For Immediate Release: Sunday, January 19, 2020 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933; Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337 Complaint Details HQ Systematically Sidelining Science in WOTUS Review Washington, DC — In preparing one of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...
