The latest developments in the Fountain Valley PFAS contamination saga
by Colorado Springs Independent | September 23, 2020
“Since the 2016 revelation that groundwater in Fountain Valley, which provided drinking water for Security-Widefield and Fountain, was contaminated with toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which include a number of individual chemicals such as PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS and ...
The Air They Breathe: NYC Teachers’ School Ventilation Complaint Spotlights Complex Challenge
by The 74 Million | September 21, 2020
“Less than a week after students in the nation’s largest school district returned for in-person learning, 46 teachers from nine schools in Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan filed a complaint with the New York State Department of Labor, asking authorities to investigate ventilation ...
EPA cancels race-related training sessions
by E&E News | September 16, 2020
“EPA postponed upcoming race-related training sessions after the White House ordered the agencies to suspend what it called “anti-American propaganda” across the federal government. Kyla Bennett, a director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, suspected ...
DOJ asks court to dismiss lawsuit challenging Pendley appointment
by E&E News | September 15, 2020
“The Trump administration is asking a federal court to throw out a lawsuit challenging the authority of William Perry Pendley and Margaret Everson to lead the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service, respectively. In essence, DOJ argues, each of the two plaintiffs — ...
Dump Suit Over Agency Leadership Roles, Feds Say
by Law360 |
“The Trump administration has urged a D.C. federal court to toss a suit accusing it of unlawfully filling leadership roles at the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service without…” Read the PEER Story… ...