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IN BRIEF: Groups ask EPA to correct study on artificial turf

by PEER | August 17, 2019
From: Reuters “Two environmental groups have filed an administrative complaint against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, asking it to correct a study concluding that exposure risks from toxic chemicals in shredded rubber artificial turf were likely low. Filed with the agency ...

NGOs seek retraction of US agencies’ crumb rubber study

by PEER | August 13, 2019
From: Chemical Watch “Two NGOs have filed a request for the US EPA to retract its recent study on recycled tyre crumb rubber materials, claiming that the report violates information quality guidelines. The 6 August complaint from the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...

Earth Talk: Mobile service in national parks

by PEER | August 12, 2019
From: Augusta Free Press “Cell service in national parks has become a flashpoint in recent years as cellular providers compete to blanket the U.S. with coverage—even in remote, traditionally off-grid areas. On one side of this most modern of environmental debates stand wilderness ...

How Science Got Trampled in the Rush to Drill the Arctic

by PEER | August 2, 2019
From: Politico “The only thing standing in the way of establishing an oil and gas leasing program is the environmental review process, which includes an assessment of the proposed seismic surveys and an evaluation of the impacts of leasing and future development on the refuge. ...

Agency Move Favors Oil and Gas Industry, Critics Say

by PEER |
From: Daily Yonder “The Trump administration announced last week it will move another federal agency out of Washington, D.C., relocating dozens of management-level employees of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). While the administration claims the move is necessary to increase ...

Agencies Affirm Few Complaints of Interference with Science

by PEER |
From: FEDWeek “The PEER organization said that of the 57 allegations made at Interior since 2011 only one was sustained, and of the 30 at Agriculture since 2014 only five. Of the 99 at EPA since 2013, only four were substantiated and almost all of the rest were dismissed, designated ...
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