EPA sets targets for slashing PFAS in drinking water
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PEER | June 15, 2022
And various advocates and experts also voiced concerns over components of EPA’s move. Erik Olson, who directs health and food work for NRDC, questioned the advisory for PFBS, which is significantly higher than the other four chemicals and seemingly out of step with some of the available ...
EPA Takes First Baby Steps on PFAS
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PEER | June 14, 2022
Nonregulatory Health Advisories on Just Four of Thousands of PFAS ...
Trump holdout resigns from embattled chemical board
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PEER | June 13, 2022
CSB, which operates independently of EPA and oversees national responses to chemical disasters, struggled significantly under the Trump administration, which repeatedly sought to dissolve the board and halt its funding. Lemos became the board’s only member for a time as staffing ...
Parks must review e-bike regs
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PEER | June 11, 2022
In 2019 Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an order allowing e-bikes wherever conventional bicycles were allowed. The decree affected about 18,000 miles of Bureau of Land Management trails and 16,000 miles in national parks. A consortium of conservation groups went to court to ...
Outside Witness Testimony – Senate Appropriations Committee – 06-10-2022 (PDF)
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PEER | June 10, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Outside Witness Testimony in Support of Increasing Staffing Levels in Public Land Use Agencies TO: The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies FROM: PEER DATE: June 10, 2022 TAGS: NPS, DOI, BLM, law enforcement, rangers,   ...