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Lawsuit Accuses EPA of Hiding Critical Data About Harms of ‘Forever Chemicals’

by Elizabeth Duan | February 15, 2024
A federal lawsuit filed Thursday by a pair of environmental advocacy groups accuses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of “wrongfully withholding test data and other vital information” regarding the presence of so-called “forever chemicals” in millions of ...

PEER: Point Reyes National Seashore Cattle Deals Cost Taxpayers

by Elizabeth Duan | February 13, 2024
The National Park Service is failing to recover fair market value on the leases for beef and dairy ranches at Point Reyes National Seashore, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which claims taxpayers are losing millions of dollars on the operations. The advocacy ...

Amid Damning Criticism of Its Scientific Integrity, EPA Takes Public Comments on Updated Policy

by Elizabeth Duan | February 12, 2024
As the U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) takes public comments on its updated scientific integrity policy (until February 23, 2024), Beyond Pesticides issued an action and reminds the agency that when it fails to carry out its mission to protect health and the environment—by allowing ...

EPA rejects Colorado permits for Weld County oil complex, citing problems in ozone fight

by Elizabeth Duan | February 7, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected four Colorado-issued air pollution permits at Weld County oil and gas processing sites, saying the state must rewrite the permits to ensure ozone-causing chemicals are burned off before hitting the atmosphere. Environmental advocates ...

Radioactive waste landfill processing highly enriched uranium for decades

by Elizabeth Duan | February 6, 2024
Environmental groups in Tennessee will soon learn more about the approval process behind a radioactive waste landfill which has been processing and storing highly enriched uranium for six decades. The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued the Environmental Protection ...

Feds Slam Intervention Bids In BLM Grazing Analysis Dispute

by Elizabeth Duan | February 5, 2024
The Bureau of Land Management and green groups have asked a D.C. federal court to reject efforts by Idaho, Utah and a coalition of agriculture industry groups to intervene in the environmentalists’ lawsuit challenging the grazing allotments… Read the PEER Story… ...
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