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The lawsuit against the EPA states that the federal agency violated the Clean Water Act and the Administrative Procedures Act for failing to identify certain PFAS as “toxic pollutants” in sewage sludge and failing to regulate them where information exists to show that the chemicals ...

As visitation numbers continue to reach new heights, national parks are having trouble staffing enough rangers to keep up with demand, according to the nonprofit organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “The Park Service’s ranger force is in deteriorating ...

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park Service were required to develop management plans for commercial air tours over national parks and tribal lands after Congress passed the National Parks Air Tour Management Plan Act in 2000. But it took almost two decades for the ...

EPA’s re-classification “dangerously ignores science and downplays the risks individuals face when they are exposed to 1,3-D,” wrote the attorneys general of seven states and the District of Columbia in a 2020 letter to the Office of Pesticide Programs. Top law enforcement officers ...

The NPS held an open comment period last year to gather feedback from the public and local, state, tribal, and federal agencies. The review gauged the potential e-bike impact in national parks on non-motorized trails. The Finding of No Significant Impact confirmed the 2020 decision that ...

A lack of park rangers puts more visitors in harm’s way, said Jeff Ruch, PEER’s Pacific director. “People are going deeper into places where they shouldn’t be and getting into trouble,” said Ruch, noting that park search-and-rescue calls have more than tripled between 2015 ...