Study finds thousands of acres of ‘failing’ BLM rangelands within Gunnison County
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PEER | April 13, 2022
Over 200,000 acres of land used for livestock grazing in Gunnison County and the adjacent lands are failing to meet the Bureau of Land Management’s own land-health standards, according to an analysis of BLM records obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a ...
Colorado will have hundreds more air pollution sources to permit. Here’s how the state is gearing up.
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Lack of pollution modeling staff and permitting procedures too friendly to industrial polluters were among the criticisms leveled at the health department by internal whistleblowers in 2021. The whistleblowers, from the Air Pollution Control Division’s modeling staff, asked the EPA ...
Denver Superfund Site May Be Leaching Toxic PFAS
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Groups Seek State Testing and Monitoring at Lowry Landfill Superfund Site ...
EPA hits reset on pesticides and endangered species work
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PEER | April 12, 2022
Some advocates felt the work plan left a lot to be desired. Kyla Bennett, who directs science policy for the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said she appreciated EPA’s honesty around not having the resources to meet its demands in a reasonable time frame. But she ...
Biden EPA Unveils ‘First-Ever’ Blueprint to Protect Endangered Species From Pesticides
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Kyla Bennett, who directs science policy for the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said she appreciated EPA’s honesty around not having the resources to meet its demands in a reasonable time frame. But she pointed to a number of concerns, namely the workplan&# ...
