Scientists urge Biden to go big on ocean protection
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Elizabeth Duan | June 14, 2021
“President Joe Biden’s laudable Jan. 27 executive order, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad,” calls for (among other things) conserving 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. In response, U.S. scientists on Monday sent a letter to the president urging him to “go ...
Colorado wildlife manager investigated for meddling with wolf reintroduction
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Elizabeth Duan | June 12, 2021
“A senior Colorado Parks and Wildlife manager has been reinstated after a 12-week investigation into a whistleblower’s allegations that he tried to sabotage the voter-directed reintroduction of wolves — using tactics that included hiring an outside group to post videos on YouTube ...
Colorado allows an Eastern Plains power plant to emit toxic sulfur dioxide emissions far above safe levels, groups claim
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Elizabeth Duan | June 11, 2021
“Xcel Energy’s coal-fired Pawnee Generating Station near Fort Morgan is endangering local residents’ health by violating EPA sulfur dioxide emissions standards for hundreds of hours a year, a conservation coalition asking the state to sharply curtail plant air pollution permits ...
EPA Proposes Collecting PFAS Manufacturing Data
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Elizabeth Duan | June 10, 2021
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed a rule that would require manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, to provide information about the amount and type of chemicals…” Read the PEER Story… ...
Sewage Sludge Fertilizers Sold at Hardware Stores Found to be Contaminated with PFAS Chemicals
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Elizabeth Duan | June 8, 2021
“Biosolid-based fertilizer products like Milorganite, often sold to consumers as “organic,” are contaminated with dangerous PFAS chemicals, according to a study published by Sierra Club and Ecology Center. Biosolids, also known as sewage sludge, have been found in the past to ...