National Park Service still waiting for Biden to pick a director
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PEER | August 18, 2021
“There’s a real problem with not having a leader at the head of the agency. It’s killing morale. Killing morale,” Kristen Brengel, senior vice president for government affairs with the National Parks Conservation Association, said in an interview. Jeff Ruch of the Public Employees ...
Water on Chesapeake Bay military bases contains toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
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PEER | August 11, 2021
“A 2020 study conducted in the same area by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) found PFAS levels in striped bass at more than 23,000 ppt, crab meat at about 6,000 ppt and oysters at more than 2,000 ppt. Though the federal government has failed to set limits ...
‘Forever chemicals’ contamination at Defense Department sites threatens Chesapeake Bay fish
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PEER |
“A 2020 study by the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility found 36 PFAS compounds in rockfish, oysters and crabs harvested from Cornfield Harbor in the Potomac River and from St. Inigoes Creek in Saint Mary’s County, near the Patuxent River Naval Air ...
EPA Scientists Should be Able to Consult with Colleagues
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PEER | August 10, 2021
Bans on Internal Communication Undercut Scientific Quality and Integrity ...
EPA Asked to Stop Barring Employees From Sharing Scientific Findings With Each Other
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PEER |
“Managers at EPA began instituting the policy in early 2020, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which wrote to the agency asking for its revocation. The ban affects the New Chemicals Division in EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, ...