VIDEO | PFAS in Our Waste with Kyla Bennett
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PEER | August 15, 2024
In this one-on-one 30-minute virtual conversation Just Zero’s Senior Scientist, Laura Orlando, is joined by Kyla Bennett, Director of Science Policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Together, Orlando and Bennett discuss the PFAS, also known as “ ...
Fort Worth Ranchers Accuse Company of Providing Fertilizer Full of Harmful Chemicals
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Meanwhile, another lawsuit led by the ranchers is challenging the EPA’s inaction on preventing PFAS contamination in fertilizers and added Johnson County, as well as the environmental groups Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Potomac Riverkeeper Network, as co- ...
What a Trump or Harris presidency could mean for the EPA in New England
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PEER | August 14, 2024
Massachusetts, like most New England states, has its own regulations about air pollution, safe drinking water, wetlands and wildlife protection, which are often tougher than federal laws. The Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and the Massachusetts Rivers Protection Act, for instance, ...
OpEd: Why Artificial Grass is a Losing Game
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PEER | August 11, 2024
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a Ph.D, and J.D., says: “The things that are wrong with it are plentiful.” She relates how artificial turf emits carbon dioxide and methane, cannot be recycled, and causes “worse injuries ...
EPA Staff Move to Safeguard Work Amid Worries of Trump’s Return
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PEER | August 9, 2024
A lack of transparency could complicate efforts by environmental or good governance advocates to file lawsuits challenging rules that don’t follow the science. Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said it’s already difficult for ...