Polluters could pay billions in fines for PFAS cleanup under new Biden plan
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PEER | August 26, 2022
Though most environmental groups applauded the move, the EPA’s actions “are too little and too late,” said Timothy Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a former EPA attorney. The hazardous waste designation addresses only two ...
EPA expands PFAS crackdown with Superfund proposal
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PEER |
Not all advocates were so thrilled. Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, called the move “too little, too late.” He underscored that the action does not extend to the wider world of PFAS chemistry, even as thousands of compounds ...
Conservationists urge Biden administration to step up plastics ban in parks
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PEER | August 23, 2022
The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, has found through public records requests that industry lobbyists have fought the agency on the issue behind the scenes. “National parks are where we come to enjoy our nation’s natural beauty and learn about its ...
Conservationists urge Biden administration to step up plastics ban in parks
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PEER |
The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, has found through public records requests that industry lobbyists have fought the agency on the issue behind the scenes. “National parks are where we come to enjoy our nation’s natural beauty and learn about its ...
PEERMail | Save the Right Whales
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PEER | August 22, 2022
Extinction is a choice that humans often make about animals and nowhere is that truer than with the North Atlantic right whale ...