Hazardous “forever chemicals” used in Colorado for fracking, report says
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Susan Sargent | February 7, 2022
Military officials tracked the spread of the chemicals from Peterson Air Force Base south to the communities, where public drinking water wells were contaminated. Lunder said before work by Physicians for Social Responsibility and the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...
EPA Resumes Posting Chemical Risk Data to Agency Website
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Susan Sargent | February 3, 2022
The EPA said its resumed posting data online about new types of problems potentially caused by commercial chemicals, less than a month after an advocacy group sued for the information. Substantial risk notices for hundreds of chemicals are now available through the ChemView database, the ...
PEER: Ironman Competition Eyed For Blue Ridge Parkway Conflicts With NPS Policies
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Susan Sargent | January 31, 2022
A proposal to close a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway for an Ironman competition runs counter to National Park Service policies and regulations, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The proposed race would close 21 miles of the scenic highway to the public ...
Full-time NAGPRA investigator hired for first time in decades
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Susan Sargent |
As for the Effigy Mounds, the theft of ancestral remains wasn’t the only blemish at the monument, which is home to hundreds of tribal burial mounds, some in unique animal and other shapes. Following Munson’s departure, staff constructed walkways, damaged sacred sites and undertook ...
Episode 86: Pups and Packs: Protecting Wolves in 2022
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Susan Sargent | January 30, 2022
Learn about the history of gray wolf persecution and recovery, PEER’s unique approach using the Pittman-Robertson Act, hear from a notable scientist about the state of the science about liberalizing wolf-killing, and explore an indigenous perspective for a new vision for wolves based on ...
Watchdog Group Warns of Dire ‘Forever Chemicals’ Threat
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Susan Sargent | January 27, 2022
EPA data shows that facilities across the country are disposing of waste containing PFAS by burning or burying it in landfills, which spreads the chemicals into the air or groundwater, a good-government group said Thursday. Some PFAS-laden chemicals are also being mixed with other fuels, ...