Environmentalists Lose Push to Tighten Corrosivity Standards
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Susan Sargent | July 25, 2023
The EPA doesn’t need to tighten its corrosivity standards under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the DC Circuit ruled Tuesday in a loss for an environmental group. “PEER has missed—by more than four decades—the 90-day deadline to file a direct challenge to the regulation ...
Not Everyone Is Happy About E-Bikes in National Parks
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Susan Sargent |
In 2019, near the end of the Trump administration, then–Interior Secretary David Bernhardt instructed national parks to allow e-bikes wherever traditional bikes were allowed. The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) sued, arguing that NPS needed to undertake ...
Florida’s Environment Spirals Downward Under DeSantis
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Susan Sargent |
Nosedive in Anti-Pollution Enforcement Leading to Declining Water Quality ...
REPORT | 2022 Florida Enforcement Report
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Susan Sargent | July 24, 2023
Florida's environmental enforcement actions are well below historical averages and have declined significantly in the last two years of the DeSantis administration ...
San Francisco PUC Awash in Water Pollution Violations
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Susan Sargent |
City Agency Facing Stiff Fines Amid Pending Federal & State Legal Sanctions ...