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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 ...

The completion of the new environmental assessment and an accompanying finding of no significant impact is the latest turn for a public lands debate that gained speed in 2019 when the Trump administration ordered park superintendents to allow electric bicycles to be used throughout the ...

Parvini and his daughter participated in a small, preliminary study by PEER, or the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which involved wiping their hands with specialized wipes to detect chemicals after playing on turf and grass. The study confirmed that kids pick up PFAS ...

“I think the PFAS drinking water standards are one of the first big cases where you will see how the Loper decision is being applied,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “These decisions will open everything up to more and ...

The plan also calls for amending the National Environmental Policy Act to favor big business. Among other provisions, NEPA requires the federal government to include the public in federal land decisions. Project 2025 directs a future administration to set page limits and arbitrary ...

Meanwhile, another lawsuit led by the ranchers is challenging the EPA’s inaction on preventing PFAS contamination in fertilizers and added Johnson County, as well as the environmental groups Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Potomac Riverkeeper Network, as co- ...