Trump Names Ex-Northrop Exec as Chemical Safety Board Adviser

by Elizabeth Duan | November 18, 2020
“President Donald Trump‘s late-in-term appointment of a former Northrop Grumman Corp. vice president as an adviser to the federal chemical safety board has raised eyebrows in the worker advocacy community. As the Trump administration winds down, there is also the question of Lemos ...

‘Forever chemicals’ found in Chesapeake seafood and Maryland drinking water

by Elizabeth Duan | November 17, 2020
“More testing has found so-called “forever chemicals” in a striped bass, blue crab and oyster from the Chesapeake Bay, as well as in drinking water from household taps in Maryland’s Montgomery County. Laboratory analyses released by the nonprofit group Public Employees for ...

Delray Beach Mayor Shelly Petrolia On the Offensive Again

“Delray Beach Mayor Shelly Petrolia wants to purge a member of the planning and zoning board for saying something that she didn’t like. Rob Long is that board member. A civil engineer by training, he’s also chairman of the Palm Beach County Soil and Water Conservation District. ...

NASA loses bid to list contaminated tract as historic site

by Elizabeth Duan | November 16, 2020
“The National Park Service has issued a first-round denial to NASA’s request to conserve one of America’s most contaminated sites, a move that critics said would allow the government to sidestep cleanup efforts. NASA applied to add the Santa Susana Field Laboratory near ...

Increasing Charges That RI Is Failing in Environmental Enforcement – RIDEM Collects 26% of Penalties

by Elizabeth Duan | November 14, 2020
“The non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility charges that RIDEM has failed to enforce the Clean Water Act. “One of Rhode Island’s picturesque waterfronts appears to have a chronic sewage problem requiring immediate enforcement action, according to a ...
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