Experts to Congress: Restore EPA enforcement staffing and funding for environmental justice
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Susan Sargent | July 22, 2022
“The administration is trying to reorient its focus, but it needs the tools to do that,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a former senior attorney for EPA’s enforcement division. “It needs the enforcement officers, ...
US FDA seeks information on fluorinated polyethylene in FCMs
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Susan Sargent | July 21, 2022
The FDA has been working closely with the EPA after testing found that certain PFASs can form and leach from some fluorinated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers into the pesticide they are storing. The issue arose in September 2020, when the nonprofit group Public Employees for ...
Trump admin tried to blunt EPA review of popular weedkiller
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Susan Sargent |
The PFBS assessment was a day one priority for the Biden administration, with EPA officials working to withdraw and replace the evaluation almost immediately after the president’s inauguration. Other efforts have been more slow-going but still very much underway, including work to ...
Tighter EPA ‘Minor’ NSR Policy Will Help Address Colorado Permit Failures
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Susan Sargent | July 20, 2022
Becker further said that “EPA recognizes CDPHE is making significant strides in strengthening its air quality programs, including several changes to improve the evaluation and permitting of minor sources. These include new processes and guidance, increased staffing, and improved ...
Report gives Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management mixed reviews
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Susan Sargent |
The nonprofit says the administration has made progress in fixing agency-wide problems, but there is plenty of room for improvement, particularly in the area of climate change. “Oil and gas leasing on public lands contributes to greenhouse gasses, emissions, and also the livestock ...
Exclusive: Biden administration’s slow pace to repair BLM has delayed climate goals, PEER report says
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Susan Sargent | July 19, 2022
In falling behind on its promise to fix Trump-era systemic issues at the Bureau of Land Management, the Biden administration has derailed many of its own climate goals, according to a new report from the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility shared exclusively ...