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Md. Lawmakers, Boaters Fight FERC License For Hydro Dam

by PEER | February 7, 2022
Maryland lawmakers, a conservation nonprofit and a charter boat association all urged the D.C. Circuit to vacate a 50-year license issued to a 570-megawatt hydroelectric dam, arguing federal energy regulators didn’t… Read the PEER Story… ...

School Committee holding info session on PFAS and turf fields Tuesday night

by PEER |
Lepore, who has been outspoken in questioning the risks that PFAS chemicals used to manufacture synthetic turf fields might cause to the island’s sole-source aquifer, has invited to the workshop scientific voices who have made their positions clear, when the use of turf fields was being ...

Hazardous “forever chemicals” used in Colorado for fracking, report says

by PEER |
Lunder said before work by Physicians for Social Responsibility and the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the issue of PFAS chemicals used in drilling was “really flying under our radar.” “We have this long list of places where we’ve seen PFAS contamination, ...

Hazardous “forever chemicals” used in Colorado for fracking, report says

by PEER |
Military officials tracked the spread of the chemicals from Peterson Air Force Base south to the communities, where public drinking water wells were contaminated. Lunder said before work by Physicians for Social Responsibility and the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...

Boeing Money Preceded Waiver of Pollution Penalties

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Water Board Chair Reaped Boeing Cash Before Woolsey Fire Fines Forgiven ...