Meanwhile, another lawsuit led by the ranchers is challenging the EPA’s inaction on preventing PFAS contamination in fertilizers and added Johnson County, as well as the environmental groups Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Potomac Riverkeeper Network, as co- ...

Massachusetts, like most New England states, has its own regulations about air pollution, safe drinking water, wetlands and wildlife protection, which are often tougher than federal laws. The Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and the Massachusetts Rivers Protection Act, for instance, ...

Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a Ph.D, and J.D., says: “The things that are wrong with it are plentiful.” She relates how artificial turf emits carbon dioxide and methane, cannot be recycled, and causes “worse injuries ...

A lack of transparency could complicate efforts by environmental or good governance advocates to file lawsuits challenging rules that don’t follow the science. Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said it’s already difficult for ...

Should Harris and Walz prevail in November, how much he could influence PFAS policy is an open question. Some legal experts aren’t sure if a Minnesota-style national ban on PFAS would even be feasible without legislation from Congress, a prospect that’s unlikely in the current ...