Tests find low levels of “forever chemicals” in some Maryland oysters

by Elizabeth Duan | October 8, 2020
“A new round of testing for “forever chemicals” in St. Mary’s County, MD, found “no levels of concern” in oysters or in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay tributaries where the shellfish were growing, according to state environmental officials. Working with the St. Mary’s ...

NYC Educators Say Air In Schools Won’t Keep Them Safe From Coronavirus, File State Complaint

“In a complaint filed this week, a group of New York City teachers and other school staffers charged that their workplaces are unsafe and that more rigorous testing of campus ventilation systems is necessary during the coronavirus pandemic. Representing the educators are the Public ...

‘It’s Orwellian’: Native loophole lets NASA shirk cleanup

by Elizabeth Duan | October 7, 2020
“After dramatically scaling back the cleanup plan for one of the country’s most contaminated areas, critics say, the Trump administration is now preparing to sidestep any remediation at all by declaring the entire near-3,000-acre former rocket and nuclear testing site near Los ...

BLM won’t stop illegal grazing

by Elizabeth Duan | October 6, 2020
“A veteran, decorated Bureau of Land Management range specialist is in hot water for her efforts to end illegal cattle grazing in Colorado’s San Luis Valley; the headwaters to the Rio Grande. Three weeks after she laid out the problems to BLM’s de facto Director, William Perry ...

Judges Tell Trump His Officials Are Serving Illegally. He Does Nothing.

by Elizabeth Duan | October 5, 2020
“Holding a job unlawfully is not a reason to be fired in the Trump administration. Last month, a Montana judge ruled that the acting head of the Bureau of Land Management, which holds sway over millions of acres of federal land, should be removed from his position because he was ...
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