Why scientists have pumped a potent greenhouse gas into streams on public lands
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PEER | August 15, 2022
The planning for this half-billion-dollar ecological project, and the construction of its monitoring instruments, took around twenty years. It began operating at full tilt in 2019. That’s the same year when a scientist at Yellowstone National Park started to question why NEON was ...
Why scientists have pumped a potent greenhouse gas into streams on public lands (TRANSCRIPT)
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CHANDRA ROSENTHAL: They’re doing these experiments on public lands like national parks and national forests, which this doesn’t fit with the mission of these agencies at all. GREENFIELDBOYCE: Chandra Rosenthal is with a watchdog group called Public Employees for Environmental ...
Water board’s vote clears path for Boeing’s clean up of toxic site near Simi Valley
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PEER | August 13, 2022
The water board adopted the MOU despite dozens of public speakers who urged it not to on grounds that the settlement would allegedly leave at least 90% of Boeing’s contaminated soil not cleaned up. “I don’t believe you can say with a straight face that this Boeing deal ...
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Contribute to Liver Injury, including Toxic PFAS and Pesticides
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PEER | August 12, 2022
Thus, PFAS contamination is significantly underrepresented and much more perverse than previously thought, polluting storage and transportation containers, food and water resources, and other chemical products. For instance, independent research by Public Employees for Environmental ...
If Florida Gov. DeSantis wants to oust officials, here’s a list
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PEER | August 11, 2022
Every year, Jerrel “Jerry” Phillips of the Florida chapter of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility runs the DEP’s enforcement numbers and issues a report. The report for Hamilton’s first year, issued last month, found some major problems. Big sewage leaks happened ...
Green groups push NPS to speed up ban on single-use plastics
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PEER | August 10, 2022
E&E NEWS PM | A coalition of environmental groups today criticized the National Park Service for its plan to ban the sale of single-use plastics by the end of 2032, saying it “lacks urgency” and should instead be done within two years. If a new president is elected in 2024, the ...
