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Local Grocery Stores Are Selling Toxin-Tainted Bottled Water

by PEER | August 2, 2019
From: Boston Magazine “New Hampshire officials discovered last month in random testing that the water from Haverhill company Spring Hill Farm Dairy—which is sold at stores across New England under various different names—contained abnormal amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

Investigation Finds National Park Service Fails To Accurately Track Cell Tower Installations

by PEER |
From: National Parks Traveler “An investigation into cell tower installations in national parks has found not only that the National Park Service doesn’t know how many of the installations exist across the National Park System, but that the agency is either overcharging or ...

House Rep. trying again to help federal retirees who saw cuts to Social Security

by PEER |
From: Federal News Network “Seen any good management skills lately? The EPA wants to hear about it. Acting Deputy Administrator Henry Darwin asks employees to record video of their department’s team huddles, and submit them to EPA’s Office of Continuous Improvement before Aug. 16 ...

EPA Inspector General wants to know how something like this was OK’d

by PEER |
From: Raw Story “Under the current administration, EPA is a pollution watchdog not only on a leash but under a muzzle, as well,” said Kyla Bennett of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the nonprofit that sued for the records on behalf of WaterLegacy. Kevin Pierard, ...

Salmon study may foil Trump’s plan to boost water deliveries to Central Valley farms

by PEER | July 25, 2019
From: L.A. Times “Federal biologists worked frantically this year to meet a deadline to assess the environmental impacts of Trump administration plans to send more water to Central Valley farmers. But the biologists’ conclusion — that increased deliveries would harm endangered ...

There May Finally be a Move to Crack Down on Noisy National Park Overflights

by PEER |
From: Adventure Journal “While it seems national parks would be protected from an overabundance of loud flight tours, few flight plans are made or enforced above the parks; it’s a kind of Wild West in the skies. Last year alone saw nearly 50,000 overflights at national parks. A ...
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