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Dangerous materials used in firefighting foam are showing up in drinking water, soil

by PEER | March 29, 2022
Colorado may have the largest number of sites in the nation that have handled PFAS chemicals, due to firefighting drills and operations at military installations, mountain wildland firefighting, and from PFAS chemicals in firefighting and other industrial materials at oil and gas ...

Groups say BLM ignoring environmental concerns when issuing grazing permits

by PEER | March 28, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management has been renewing livestock grazing permits on public lands in Oregon without a thorough environmental analysis, including on overgrazed land, according to two new reports. The Western Watersheds Project and the Public Employees for Environmental ...

UN Bans Mercury Satellite Propellants Under New Minamata Treaty Provisions

by PEER |
Just one communications network using the technology could result in hundreds of metric tons of mercury releases into the upper atmosphere ...

Were Boeing’s fines after Woolsey Fire reduced because of a conflict of interest?

by PEER | March 27, 2022
The fines stemmed from toxic and radioactive contaminants in stormwater runoff from Boeing’s portion of the Santa Susana Field Lab following the devastating fire, which broke out on the 2,850-acre site, according to the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...