Trump’s EPA Is Said to Cut Scientists out of New Water Policy That Threatens New England Wetlands
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PEER | January 18, 2020
“With the Trump administration poised to roll back key protections for much of the nation’s wetlands, scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency are accusing the agency’s political appointees of ignoring their advice and barring them from shaping sweeping new guidelines ...
Bucks-Montco Group Joins Nationwide Petition to Designate PFAs as Hazardous Waste
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PEER | January 16, 2020
“Thousands of residents from Bucks and Montgomery counties have joined communities across the country in a national petition demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency regulate a toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS. The petition demands that the EPA list dozens of the ...
The FCC’s Approval of SpaceX’s Starlink Mega Constellation May Have Been Unlawful
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PEER |
“A battle for the sky is raging, and the heavens are losing. Upcoming mega constellations of satellites, designed to blanket Earth orbit in spacecraft beaming high-speed Internet around the world, risk filling the firmament with tens of thousands of moving points of light, forever ...
GLRI: Good news for the Great Lakes
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PEER |
“In a Trump administration that some say has been bleak for the environment, there is good news for the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative was included in the 2020 federal budget, and for the first time, its funding level has increased to $320 million from $300 ...
Industrial Accident Emissions Reporting Plan Too Weak
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PEER | January 14, 2020
CSB Proposal Would Not Produce Useful, Accurate, or Timely Information ...