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Newly released data show that much of the grazing land overseen by the Bureau of Land Management does not meet agency standards for rangeland health. BLM data obtained by the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) shows that roughly half of assessed lands ...

Public health groups want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to try again to restrict fluorination of plastic containers, saying they plan to ask a federal court to compel the EPA to reopen its efforts to against coating maker Inhance Technologies LLC… Read the PEER Story… ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is threatening to sue EPA to stop allowing the manufacture and distribution of plastic containers used for a variety of products, including pesticides. The group is targeting the fluorination process used to create “barrier properties” ...

While the National Park Service stands atop all federal agencies in terms of favorability rankings, the agency’s employees rank it as one of the worst places to work in the federal government. In the Best Places To Work In the Federal Government rankings released Monday, the Park ...

An analysis from the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) reveals that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is failing to meet agency standards in caring for the 56.7 million acres of rangeland under its purvey, writes Jimmy Tobias in High Country News. “Particularly ...

In response to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise article “Turf field approved, incumbents re-elected in Saranac Lake”, published on May 21, Marc Wanner of Saranac Lake wrote: Artificial turf is made of nylon, polypropylene and/or polyethylene. Chemicals used include, lead, ...