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National Park Service Has Lost Nearly 50 Percent Of Its Special Agents Since 2000

by Susan Sargent | December 30, 2022
According to PEER, the latest annual report (2020) from the NPS Investigative Services Branch estimates that felony investigations of property crimes and serious drug-related offenses represent approximately one-fifth of the current workload. “Reducing our official response to ...

Park Service reduces special agents’ duties as staff shrinks

by Susan Sargent | December 29, 2022
Amid an increase in visitation and crimes in national parks, the National Park Service has narrowed the scope of the crimes its dwindling number of top-level investigators will handle. According to a National Park Service internal memo released Thursday by the watchdog group Public ...

New Lawsuit Targets Toxic PFAS, or Forever Chemicals, in Plastic Food Containers

The defendant, Inhance, produces tens of millions of consumer containers that contain PFAS, according to the consumer advocacy group behind the lawsuit. The plaintiffs are asking the judge to order Inhance to follow EPA rules that require it to receive approval for its production process ...

Park Service reduces special agents’ duties as staff shrinks

Amid an increase in visitation and crimes in national parks, the National Park Service has narrowed the scope of the crimes its dwindling number of top-level investigators will handle. According to a National Park Service internal memo released Thursday by the watchdog group Public ...

Inhance Technologies sued over PFAS in plastic food containers

A Houston-based company that reinforces plastic packaging for food and household goods is putting the public at risk of exposure to toxic “forever chemicals,” according to a new lawsuit brought by environmental and public health groups. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...

PEER Seeks EPA Data To Assess Legality Of Controversial Cleanup Decision

An environmental whistleblower group is petitioning EPA to release records relating to the agency’s decision to uphold a controversial and precedent-setting Trump-era Superfund cleanup decision at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge nuclear site, signaling that it plans to use the ...
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