Does Oklahoma’s refusal to accept toxic waste violate law?
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Susan Sargent | March 13, 2023
Monica Mercola, the staff counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, says there’s a process behind cleanup. “In order to properly remediate these kinds of events, hazardous waste needs to then be moved removed from the area and put into a proper facility that has ...
E-bikes are an environmental dream — except out in nature
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Susan Sargent | March 11, 2023
The National Park Service, as part of a directive by the Trump administration in 2019, allows e-bikes on all trails in its 423 national parks where traditional bikes are allowed. This is being challenged in a lawsuit by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a coalition ...
Did Artificial Turf Play a Part in the Deaths of Several Phillies Players?
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Susan Sargent |
An article at The Guardian offers more context, and points to an all-too-familiar potential culprit: toxic PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.” The artificial turf used at Veterans Stadium contained forever chemicals — though it seems unlikely that scientists will be able to ...
Artificial turf potentially linked to cancer deaths of six Phillies ball players – report
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Susan Sargent | March 10, 2023
All artificial turf is made with toxic PFAS compounds and some types are still produced with recycled tires that can contain heavy metals, benzene, volatile organic compounds and other carcinogens, and a growing number of US municipalities and states have banned or proposed banning them ...
Greens ask BLM to enforce sage grouse rules in Wyoming
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Susan Sargent |
A coalition of environmental groups this week asked Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning to stop her agency from granting exceptions to protective stipulations for greater sage grouse in Wyoming. The groups, led by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the ...
Study reups concern over ‘forever chemicals’ seeping into goods
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Susan Sargent | March 8, 2023
“This is sort of the nail in the coffin; this is evidence that it’s there and we should be very careful with these containers,” said University of Notre Dame physics professor Graham Peaslee, co-author of the study. The study was championed by two environmental groups, ...