EPA Steps Up Health Protocol for Cleanup at Toxic Waste Sites

by Elizabeth Duan | April 23, 2020
“Emergency medical technicians and thermometers should be on hand when conducting toxic waste cleanups to reduce exposure to the coronavirus, the EPA said in an internal memo released Wednesday. The memo was obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and ...

A Western Slope community wants to move beyond its coal legacy. The Trump Administration wants “energy dominance.”

“For nearly a decade, a group of farmers in the North Fork Valley joined with local tourism businesses and conservation groups to craft a resource management plan that could help the Bureau of Land Management shepherd the multiple uses of the valley’s public lands for the next 20 ...

Agency preps plans to return to work

by Elizabeth Duan | April 21, 2020
“Following White House guidance issued yesterday, EPA told employees in an email last night that senior agency leadership is working on a strategy to return staffers to the workplace. Kyla Bennett, a former EPA inspector now with the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental ...

EPA and Interior ease rules amid pandemic as repeal window nears

by Elizabeth Duan | April 20, 2020
“In the weeks since the coronavirus pandemic engulfed the White House, Congress and the presidential campaign, federal agencies have responded in temporary and health-focused ways. But top political officials at agencies that regulate energy issues and the environment have been ...

Nuclear agency proposes deregulating disposal of some US radioactive waste

by Elizabeth Duan | April 15, 2020
“The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is facing protests after proposing that low-level radioactive waste be disposed of in commercial landfills not explicitly designed to hold it, rather than at licenced radioactive waste sites. The NRC’s proposal, issued in March, declares ...
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