Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is threatening to sue EPA to stop allowing the manufacture and distribution of plastic containers used for a variety of products, including pesticides. The group is targeting the fluorination process used to create “barrier properties” ...

While the National Park Service stands atop all federal agencies in terms of favorability rankings, the agency’s employees rank it as one of the worst places to work in the federal government. In the Best Places To Work In the Federal Government rankings released Monday, the Park ...

An analysis from the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) reveals that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is failing to meet agency standards in caring for the 56.7 million acres of rangeland under its purvey, writes Jimmy Tobias in High Country News. “Particularly ...

In response to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise article “Turf field approved, incumbents re-elected in Saranac Lake”, published on May 21, Marc Wanner of Saranac Lake wrote: Artificial turf is made of nylon, polypropylene and/or polyethylene. Chemicals used include, lead, ...

Without publicly disclosing it, federal officials pushed the planned pathway of a major NV Energy transmission line out of the way of a potential Southern Nevada mining site — drawing the consternation of conservation watchdog groups, who have previously raised concerns that the line ...