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Environmentalists for the most part welcomed the EPA’s move, saying it was long overdue. Scott Faber, senior vice president of the Environmental Working Group, called the agency’s announcement “historic progress.” Some, though, complained that the EPA has not gone far enough. Kyla ...

Court Dismisses Private-Citizen Suit Against Inhance: On April 6, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit brought by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to prevent Inhance Technologies ...

“So we have restrictions in place for North Atlantic right whales and they’re seasonal,” said Kim Damon-Randall, director of NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Protected Resources. “They turn on and off depending on the time of year and where the right whales are migrating.” PEER, or ...

The scientists calling for her ouster say they’re concerned the administration is setting a precedent by sidestepping the scientific education requirement. They claim Williams is serving in contradiction to the administration’s own policies and ethics rules. They pointed to an ...

Industry groups such as the American Chemistry Council have been staunch critics of EPA’s proposed rule. ACC said in an email that the group is “skeptical that a credible case can be made to list these seven chemistries under CERCLA.” “PFAS are a diverse universe of ...

Authors of a new study say that the federal government is likely underestimating the extent of “forever chemicals” contamination in drinking water nationally. The Natural Resources Defense Council study illustrates a central challenge of regulating a group of hundreds of chemicals that ...