How the Inflation Reduction Act could help National Park Service staffing shortage
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PEER | August 30, 2022
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility noted the labor shortage in a recent report. One concern is that, as the number of rangers has gone down, the number of search and rescue operations has gone up. But the nonprofit says that the legislation provides $500 million toward ...
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ detected in Cambridge drinking water; city to spend $2 million per month switching to alternative water source, officials say
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PEER | August 29, 2022
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in New England, told the Boston Globe she doesn’t think Cambridge residents should be using or drinking the city’s water right now. She encouraged residents to purchase PFAS filters “I ...
EPA Proposes Regulating Two Common ‘Forever Chemicals’ Under Superfund Law
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On the other side, environmental and public health groups point out that the regulation only applies to two out of more than 4,000 PFAS and comes after the EPA has dragged its heels on effectively regulating the chemicals. “EPA actions are too little and too late,” Tim Whitehouse, the ...
NOAA Trashes Seabeds It Studies
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Call for NOAA to End Research Bottom Trawling in Gulf of Mexico ...
Cambridge finds elevations of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water, will switch to MWRA
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PEER | August 28, 2022
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in New England, urged Cambridge residents to stop using the city’s water because of the reported levels of PFAS. Bennett lives in Easton, where the town is spending more than $9 million on a ...
