Groups Sue to Stop Company’s ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination of Plastic Containers – Brett Wilkins
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PEER | January 5, 2023
A pair of nonprofit advocacy groups on Tuesday sued a Texas company in a bid to stop it from generating so-called “forever chemicals” while manufacturing plastic containers. The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed the ...
EPA targets plastics company in PFAS probe
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Now, Inhance is under fire for its links to contamination of PFAS, a class of chemicals tied to serious health impacts. Last month, a pair of advocacy groups sued Inhance while EPA similarly filed a complaint against the company for violating the Toxic Substances Control Act. Both legal ...
National Park Service Working To Bolster Special Agent Ranks
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PEER |
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility had obtained an internal memo from Jennifer Flynn, the Park Service’s associate director for visitor and resource protection, that noted the drop in agents. Part of the memo, which went out to regional Park Service directors and ...
Minnesota PUC to examine Summit Carbon’s CO2 pipeline project
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PEER | January 4, 2023
Hudson Kingston, staff attorney for PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) said the PUC’s decisions in the application will set a precedent for how Minnesota will regulate carbon pipelines for carbon storage in the future. “It certainly is the beginning of a process ...
NPS cut its special agents by nearly half, memo shows
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PEER |
The National Park Service has reduced the number of criminal investigators who handle difficult cases by 45 percent over the last 20 years, and they will spend less time on property crimes and drug cases as a result, according to an internal memo. The memo, obtained by the advocacy group ...
Food Container Manufacturer Faces PFAS Contamination Lawsuit from Environmental Groups
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PEER | January 3, 2023
Two prominent environmental groups have filed a lawsuit over PFAS contamination against one of the leading food container manufacturers in the U.S., indicating that the toxic and potentially cancer-causing chemicals were knowingly applied to the surfaces of ketchup, mayonnaise and other ...