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Planned turf field at IC to contain toxic chemicals

by Susan Sargent | February 8, 2023
Kyla Bennett is the director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a former wetlands enforcement coordinator for the Environmental Protection Agency. Bennett said that in addition to being a source of greenhouse gas emissions, artificial turf contains many different ...

Minnesota power co-op wants to invest in flexibility for fossil fuel peaker plant

The plant’s natural gas equipment has been retooled to burn fuel oil. In addition, Great River Energy will add onsite storage for the fuel oil. Clean Up The River Environment, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations note ...

Greens slam stagnant federal grazing fee

by Susan Sargent | February 7, 2023
While inflation has jacked up the prices of most goods and services, it hasn’t disrupted the price Western ranchers pay to graze cattle or other animals on federal lands. The Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service announced at the end of January that the two agencies would ...

Biden’s New Policy to Protect Federal Scientists May Lack Teeth to Prevent Retaliation

by Susan Sargent | February 6, 2023
The framework forms a subcommittee on scientific integrity—made up of career officials—within the National Science Technology Council, creates metrics against which agencies should track their policies and standardizes definitions across the government. To Public Employees for ...

Is fluorinating polyethylene a health threat?

by Susan Sargent | February 5, 2023
Kyla Bennett is fed up with the pollution flowing into her house through its water pipes. “I can’t drink my water. I’m not supposed to shower in my water. And we’ve been waiting now 2 years for this filtration plant to come on line. It’s costing us, the taxpayers, $9 million,” ...

Advocates seek ban on bloom fertilizer over forever chemicals concerns

by Susan Sargent | January 31, 2023
“These very, very high levels are likely to be transported into food and drinking water,” says Monica Mercola, staff counsel with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The other groups involved in the testing are the Montgomery Countryside Alliance and the Sugarloaf ...
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