“Since Massachusetts enacted new safety regulations last fall, more communities have found elevated levels of toxic chemicals known as PFAS in their drinking water. Kyla Bennett, a former scientist at the US Environmental Protection Agency, noted that Massachusetts requires testing ...

“House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders from both parties are concerned about ongoing controversies at a key federal agency tasked with investigating chemical crises. Questions have emerged around Lemos and the CSB’s spending. Earlier this month, the group Public Employees ...

“Attorneys for state employee whistleblowers are asking EPA administrator Michael Regan to reexamine an emissions permit granted to the Cherokee Generating Station north of Denver. If the Biden administration agrees to the request, Xcel Energy may be forced to obtain a new emissions ...

“The White House on Friday held its first task force meeting to develop strategies for empowering career federal scientists, including through identifying incidents of interference in previous administrations. Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental ...

“EPA’s inspector general today issued another damning report showing the agency’s pursuit of polluters violating federal air, water and toxics laws has plummeted. “Enforcement decline was exacerbated by the Trump administration, but this is not solely a Trump issue ...