National Park Service Silent On Dropping Public Input On Cell Tower Installations
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Susan Sargent | March 25, 2022
National Park Service officials in Washington have been silent on retaining a Trump administration policy not to seek public involvement on proposals to locate cell towers in the National Park System or to provide other pertinent information surrounding the towers. According to Public ...
PFAS News Roundup: Indiana PFAS property transfers, Lake Superior rainbow smelt advisory, new Ohio PFAS regulation bill
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Susan Sargent | March 24, 2022
New York ranks 8th among the 50 states that altogether have 120,000 possible sites releasing potentially carcinogenic PFA class chemicals used in everything from cooking pans to firefighter foam, advocates said Tuesday. Suffolk has 286 sites on an interactive map created by the Public ...
Park Remarks: Who really owns the land? Land ownership, decisions in flux near Utah parks
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Susan Sargent |
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a motorized travel management plan for the greater Paunsaugunt area just outside of Kanab, including off-road vehicle travel, through March 25. Data released last week show that 54 million acres of land managed by BLM fail to ...
EPA questioned its ability to regulate pet products with pesticides, like Seresto, records show
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Susan Sargent |
Newly released EPA records reveal internal debates over effective regulation of pet products EPA staff cited concern about one product in particular: Seresto, the popular flea and tick collar Some EPA staff were concerned enough that they discussed punting pet product regulation to the FDA ...
EPA internally questioned its ability to properly regulate pet collars linked to tens of thousands of injury reports
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Susan Sargent |
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, was not surprised by the documents. Called PEER, the nonprofit organization works to support current and former public employees who protect the environment. Bennett, a lawyer who ...
A study finds Florida has highest number of polluted lakes in the U.S.
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Susan Sargent |
A 2020 review of DEP enforcement by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility found that despite promises of reform, enforcement under Gov. Ron DeSantis continued to drop. While the number of inspections increased, finding more cases of non-compliance, the rate of enforcement fell ...