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National Park Service Continues To Languish In “Best Places To Work” Survey

by Susan Sargent | July 15, 2022
Authors of the report also stated that “[E]ven those who found the experience valuable expressed concern about whether any real action would come out of all the effort. Many expressed a sense of futility in participating as ‘NPS keeps bringing people down here to get our ...

EPA faults Colorado air quality regulators over whistleblower claims

The report outlines six recommendations for APCD regulators, including an overhaul of the agency’s minor source permitting procedures and amending existing permits of some pollution sources identified in the complaint. The EPA is asking the state to provide a written response to the ...

EPA audit bashes Colo.’s industrial air permit management

The newly released EPA report notes that Colorado officials are already working to implement recommendations to improve their handling of what is formally known as the Minor New Source Review permitting program. Among other steps, the agency has implemented “stringent interim ...

New EPA guidelines on PFAS “forever chemicals” put Frisco far over drinking water limits

by Susan Sargent | July 12, 2022
The EPA’s weeks-old revised guidelines, which are not meant to be enforceable local regulations but guidance for state water officials, “are saying there is virtually no safe level of PFOA and PFOS,” two discontinued varieties of the common consumer and firefighting chemicals, said ...

Why Experts Are So Worried About ‘Forever Chemicals’

by Susan Sargent | July 11, 2022
How do you get PFAS in your system? By breathing in contaminated air, drinking contaminated water, and eating contaminated food. The Guardian recently conducted an analysis of water samples collected in nine different cities in the United States, and found that the water test used by ...

EPA Staff Science Integrity Survey Shows Ongoing Concerns Under Biden

by Susan Sargent | July 8, 2022
Staff responses to EPA’s 2021 internal survey on scientific integrity show continued concerns over alleged violations of science policies under the Trump administration alongside lingering fears of interference from career managers and an ineffective scientific integrity apparatus, ...
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