GenX imports to Fayetteville on pause as EPA reconsiders decision
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Susan Sargent | November 17, 2023
Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, expressed similar concerns: “We welcome EPA’s decision to pause the import of PFAS waste for reclamation and disposal from the Netherlands. However, a long-term solution to the problem of PFAS ...
US industry disposed of at least 60m pounds of PFAS waste in last five years
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Susan Sargent |
The 60m pounds estimate is likely to be a “dramatic” undercount because PFAS waste is unregulated in the US and companies are not required to record its disposal, the paper’s author, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer), wrote. Still, the findings “depict a vast ...
State and Local Governments Across the Country are Sidelining Science. Here’s What’s Needed
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Susan Sargent | November 16, 2023
States lack the necessary safeguards to shield scientists and their work from politicization, and to hold wrongdoers accountable. A 2020 study from the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund found that only two state agencies in the entire country — the California Department of Fish and ...
Despite deadline pressure, Maine lawmakers urged to press ahead on PFAS disclosure requirements
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Susan Sargent | November 14, 2023
“Maine is a leader, a national leader in PFAS regulation,” said Kyla Bennett, science policy director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Speaking on Monday to members of the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Bennett said that ...
Legislators hear from environmental experts, industry professionals on PFAS regulations
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Susan Sargent | November 13, 2023
On Monday, some of these industry leaders as well as environmental experts shared feedback with the environment committee on the rollout of the new law. Kyla Bennett from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility urged legislators to set regulations on PFAS using the precautionary ...
Trying Times For National Park Service Funding
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Susan Sargent | November 12, 2023
The fiscal seesawing that the Park Service, and other federal agencies, have had to endure over the years takes a toll on the Park Service’s workforce. Earlier this year Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility noted that the agency’s attrition numbers have been on ...
