‘A nightmare.’ North Texas farmers say chemicals in fertilizer are killing their livestock
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PEER | August 30, 2024
The lawsuit against the EPA states that the federal agency violated the Clean Water Act and the Administrative Procedures Act for failing to identify certain PFAS as “toxic pollutants” in sewage sludge and failing to regulate them where information exists to show that the chemicals ...
National Park Service staff numbers ‘deteriorating’ as Calif. park’s popularity soars
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As visitation numbers continue to reach new heights, national parks are having trouble staffing enough rangers to keep up with demand, according to the nonprofit organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “The Park Service’s ranger force is in deteriorating ...
Comment – Steering Committee Report Beyond 2025 Draft Report
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PEER | August 29, 2024
Written comments to Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Beyond 2025 Steering Committee regarding Steering Committee Report Beyond 2025 Draft Report ...
Helicopter Companies Push To Reopen New Plan Restricting Air Tours Over Volcanoes Park
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The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park Service were required to develop management plans for commercial air tours over national parks and tribal lands after Congress passed the National Parks Air Tour Management Plan Act in 2000. But it took almost two decades for the ...
EPA Thought Industry-Funded Scientists Could Support Its Conclusion That a Long-Regulated Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk
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PEER | August 27, 2024
EPA’s re-classification “dangerously ignores science and downplays the risks individuals face when they are exposed to 1,3-D,” wrote the attorneys general of seven states and the District of Columbia in a 2020 letter to the Office of Pesticide Programs. Top law enforcement officers ...