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New Chemical Safety Board adviser draws scrutiny

by Elizabeth Duan | January 15, 2021
“A federal agency that investigates industrial chemical accidents has a controversial new adviser, drawing an unusual level of scrutiny to an often-overlooked entity in the Trump administration’s waning days. That history isn’t sitting well with some environmental groups ...

EPA probes PFAS leaching into common insecticide

“EPA has issued a request for information after an investigation into traces of “forever chemicals” linked to a common insecticide revealed contamination in certain containers, believed to be the source of the toxic substances. Discovery of the contamination came as part ...

EPA finds toxic compounds in mosquito spray used in Mass.; maker will change packaging

by Elizabeth Duan | January 14, 2021
“The Environmental Protection Agency has acknowledged that a controversial pesticide used to kill mosquitoes in Massachusetts contains toxic chemicals that leach into the product from its container, and the manufacturer has agreed to change its packaging, officials said Thursday. ...

Guest Opinion: Environmental group cautions against fertilizer waste in roads

by Elizabeth Duan | January 10, 2021
“One of the final gifts of the Trump administration to industrial polluters was to give the green light for fertilizer manufacturers to sell their toxic waste for government road construction. This decision overturned a 31-year U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ban of such use of ...

Foreign visitors could face higher entry fees

by Elizabeth Duan | January 8, 2021
“Foreign tourists could pay more to enter the country’s national parks under a new plan floated by the head of the National Park System Advisory Board. Jeff Ruch, Pacific director of the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said raising rates for ...

The Washington, D.C., siege has Western roots and consequences

“Five years and four days after armed militiamen took over the Malheur Wildlife Refuge, a remote federal wildlife preserve in eastern Oregon, for 41 days, supporters of President Donald Trump stormed and briefly occupied the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. While ...