Government Agency Charged With Protecting Endangered Species Takes Payments From Developers

by Elizabeth Duan | February 18, 2021
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service exists to conserve nature. In Collier County, Florida, money from developers may be interfering with that mission. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is failing in its duty to protect endangered species. Fish and Wildlife Service officials — in ...

Specter of ICE Looms Over Investigation of Fatal Poultry Plant Disaster

by Elizabeth Duan | February 17, 2021
“A senior political appointee from the Trump administration still employed at a federal safety agency investigating a fatal chemical disaster at a Georgia poultry plant has been in communication with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a highly unusual move, the Project On ...

Firefighters face lies, ‘phony’ studies on PFAS exposure

“Firefighters attempting to uncover the truth about carcinogens in their protective clothing are confronted with the same playbook chemical companies have used for decades: twisting science to deny and downplay the dangers of their products. E&E News obtained copies of those ...

State, Boeing mediating cleanup dispute at former nuke site near Simi, worrying activists

“The state and Boeing have quietly begun mediating the long-planned cleanup of the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory site near Simi Valley, a move activists and Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks fear will water down the cleanup. The mediation offer from the state did not come ...

National Academies slams Trump admin chemical reviews

by Elizabeth Duan | February 16, 2021
“A withering new report from one of the country’s leading science authorities faults EPA’s approach to chemical risk evaluations under the Trump administration — a process the Biden EPA has already pledged to overhaul. Advocates also say the report’s findings are ...
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