Environmental concerns raised: Vote passes to regulate CO2 pipelines running through OTC
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PEER | June 15, 2022
The MN PUC took up the issue of CO2 pipelines after CURE submitted petitions about the two current CO2 pipeline projects to the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board in late 2021. The health and safety concerns of PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) and other ...
EPA imposes stricter limits on four types of toxic ‘forever chemicals’
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While the new levels could have significant consequences, they still represent “baby steps” in addressing the larger PFAS problem, said Tim Whitehouse, a former EPA enforcement attorney and executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “The EPA should be ...
EPA sets targets for slashing PFAS in drinking water
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PEER |
And various advocates and experts also voiced concerns over components of EPA’s move. Erik Olson, who directs health and food work for NRDC, questioned the advisory for PFBS, which is significantly higher than the other four chemicals and seemingly out of step with some of the available ...
Trump holdout resigns from embattled chemical board
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PEER | June 13, 2022
CSB, which operates independently of EPA and oversees national responses to chemical disasters, struggled significantly under the Trump administration, which repeatedly sought to dissolve the board and halt its funding. Lemos became the board’s only member for a time as staffing ...
Parks must review e-bike regs
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PEER | June 11, 2022
In 2019 Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an order allowing e-bikes wherever conventional bicycles were allowed. The decree affected about 18,000 miles of Bureau of Land Management trails and 16,000 miles in national parks. A consortium of conservation groups went to court to ...
Environmental groups demand answers from Biden’s EPA on forever chemicals
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PEER | June 10, 2022
On Friday, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental organization, released a press release saying the trove of documents the EPA recently provided to them indicates they have zero consistent definition of PFAS chemicals within the agency and are likely ...