Los Angeles wildfires have become perfect fuel for Trump and climate denial
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PEER | January 11, 2025
“Climate change is 100% responsible” for the wildfires Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at the activist group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told Salon. “No question. I am very scared about our future — meaning all of us, not just Americans.” Bennett ...
EPA to require municipal waste incinerators monitor for toxic emissions
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PEER | January 9, 2025
Despite the toxic emissions, incinerators often position themselves as “green” businesses to receive subsidies for producing energy. The new reporting requirements “will help disprove the claims”, said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the public health advocacy group Peer, and ...
EPA faces major reform under Trump administration
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PEER | January 5, 2025
Jeff Ruch, director of Pacific Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit organization that supports government employees at environmental agencies, said EPA employees are considering retiring or leaving before the new administration takes office. “I would imagine the ...
EPA could require certain incinerators to report chemical releases under TRI
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PEER | January 3, 2025
The U.S. EPA said it will initiate a rulemaking process to require certain incineration, combustion and gasification facilities to report toxic chemical releases through the agency’s Toxics Release Inventory, as is required with other industrial pollution sources. The decision comes in ...
Enviros appeal in bid to curb PFAS leaching from plastic barrels
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PEER | January 2, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Center for Environmental Health filed a notice of appeal in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Dec. 26, two weeks after a federal district judge in D.C. rejected the groups’ request for injunctive relief ...
At EPA, Trump’s second term is already having consequences
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PEER |
Several maneuvers the Trump administration made during its first term to attempt to shrink or hobble the federal workforce are expected to be reprised more effectively this time. That includes potentially designating staffers involved in policymaking as “Schedule F,” effectively making ...