NGOs seek retraction of US agencies’ crumb rubber study
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Susan Sargent | August 13, 2019
From: Chemical Watch “Two NGOs have filed a request for the US EPA to retract its recent study on recycled tyre crumb rubber materials, claiming that the report violates information quality guidelines. The 6 August complaint from the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...
Earth Talk: Mobile service in national parks
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Susan Sargent | August 12, 2019
From: Augusta Free Press “Cell service in national parks has become a flashpoint in recent years as cellular providers compete to blanket the U.S. with coverage—even in remote, traditionally off-grid areas. On one side of this most modern of environmental debates stand wilderness ...
EPA Fumbles Artificial Turf Science
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Susan Sargent | August 6, 2019
Agency Had No Scientific Basis for Downplaying Toxic Exposure Risks ...
How Science Got Trampled in the Rush to Drill the Arctic
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Susan Sargent | August 2, 2019
From: Politico “The only thing standing in the way of establishing an oil and gas leasing program is the environmental review process, which includes an assessment of the proposed seismic surveys and an evaluation of the impacts of leasing and future development on the refuge. ...
Agency Move Favors Oil and Gas Industry, Critics Say
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Susan Sargent |
From: Daily Yonder “The Trump administration announced last week it will move another federal agency out of Washington, D.C., relocating dozens of management-level employees of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). While the administration claims the move is necessary to increase ...