Lawsuit accuses EPA of withholding ‘forever chemicals’ data
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Elizabeth Duan | February 15, 2024
Two advocacy groups are suing EPA over claims it withheld data regarding the risks of “forever chemicals” in millions of fluorinated plastic barrels. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Center for Environmental Health, the two groups that brought the ...
Data on PFAS in Some Plastics Concealed by EPA, Lawsuit Alleges
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Elizabeth Duan |
The EPA has failed to disclose information the nation’s primary commercial chemicals law requires to be public, allege two nonprofit environmental advocacy groups in a lawsuit filed on Thursday. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Center for Environmental ...
Lawsuit Accuses EPA of Hiding Critical Data About Harms of ‘Forever Chemicals’
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Elizabeth Duan |
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
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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
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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
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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 ...