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PFAS-laden waste shipments underreported, unregulated — report

by Susan Sargent | November 10, 2023
The lack of sufficient regulations on waste containing “forever chemicals” leaves U.S. communities vulnerable to increased shipments of dangerous substances, according to a new report. The report, published Thursday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, reveals ...

Citing EPA’s PFAS Data, PEER Renews Calls For Tougher RCRA Rules

by Susan Sargent | November 9, 2023
Watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is pointing to a new analysis of EPA data showing significant increases in shipments of PFAS waste between 2018 and 2023 to renew its call for the agency to craft strict “hazardous waste” rules for such waste, ...

NIH integrity plan is ‘like a car without an engine’

Draft lacks rules to prevent suppression of research, says Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility group The National Institutes of Health’s draft scientific integrity policy is “like a car without an engine”, according to a not-for-profit that encourages government ...

EPA reexamining importation of harmful chemical wastewater to North Carolina

by Susan Sargent | November 7, 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 ...

Agency that sued feds to get withheld investigative report on alleged crimes at Haskell says documents it received aren’t what it asked for

by Susan Sargent | November 6, 2023
As the Journal-World has reported, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility — a government watchdog nonprofit that, in part, assists public employees in fighting for accountability and transparency in government actions — sued the BIE in late July after the bureau withheld ...

Ranger Tim Caverly presents “The Challenge of Wilderness Living: Ranger Tales from Maine”

Tim Caverly is a Maine author who has written and published twelve books about Maine. He is a member of the New England Outdoor Writers Association, a brother of the Nollesemic Lodge #205 of the Free Masons, and ‘Son of the American Legion’ Post 80 in Millinocket. Tim is a graduate of ...
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