CRD under pressure to make a plan for biosolid waste by June
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Elizabeth Duan | March 13, 2024
The CRD has been punting its management problem down Hartland Ave. for years. Pressure to resolve the region’s biosolids and other solid waste management plan has resurfaced as construction plans to increase capacity at the landfill are underway. The CRD board faces pressure from the ...
OLA to review DNR’s use of federal wildlife funds
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Elizabeth Duan |
The Office of the Legislative Auditor, or OLA, has announced it will undertake what’s known as a “special review” to examine the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ alleged misuse of federal grant funds designed to benefit wildlife and their habitat. The OLA informed DNR ...
Eight takeaways from The Inquirer’s yearlong investigation into ‘forever chemicals’
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Elizabeth Duan | March 12, 2024
Sprinturf, the turf’s manufacturer, had assured the city that the field was PFAS-free, and shared a lab report to support its claim. The newspaper asked three PFAS experts to independently review the report. Each said the results were misleading and inadequate, and that the field likely ...
Turf fields may have ‘forever chemicals.’ Should kids be playing on them?
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Elizabeth Duan |
Test results from the San Diego soccer kids experiment found that two of the three players came off the turf field with higher amounts of PFAS on their hands than at the beginning of the practice. When the players practiced on natural grass, the results were mixed. The San Diego ...
Maryland Lawmakers Remain Uncommitted to Ending Subsidies for Trash Incineration, Prompting Advocate Concern
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Elizabeth Duan |
Maryland is poised to dole out more than $300 million to trash incinerators between 2012 and 2030, according to the latest analysis by the nonprofits Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Clean Water Action and Progressive Maryland. Timothy Whitehouse, executive ...
Legal action could end use of toxic sewage sludge on US crops as fertilizer
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Elizabeth Duan |
New legal action could put an end to the practice of spreading toxic sewage sludge on US cropland as a cheap alternative to fertilizer, and force America to rethink how it disposes of its industrial and human waste. A notice of intent to sue federal regulators charges they have failed to ...