OPM survey: Morale at all-time low among National Park Service employees
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Elizabeth Duan | December 26, 2023
The morale among National Park Service (NPS) employees ranks well below that of other Interior Department workers and federal employees generally, according to the latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results posted Dec. 19 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). ...
OMB Clears Proposed Rule Listing PFAS As RCRA ‘Hazardous Constituents’
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Elizabeth Duan | December 22, 2023
The White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) has completed its review of an EPA proposed rule to list four PFAS as Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) “hazardous constituents,” which once finalized would give regulators the authority to require cleanup actions for ...
EJ Group Vows To Sue EPA, Navy Over Hunters Point Superfund Cleanup
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Elizabeth Duan | December 21, 2023
A California environmental justice (EJ) group is threatening to sue EPA and the Navy over the troubled cleanup of radiological and other contamination at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPNS) site in San Francisco, alleging the agencies violated the Superfund law pertaining to ...
EPA says Inhance must change fluorination process for HDPE containers
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Elizabeth Duan |
As part of its crackdown on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the US Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Inhance Technologies (Houston, Texas, USA) to halt production of three of the so-called “forever chemicals” generated in its manufacturing process for fluorinated ...
Celebrating Birds and Their Habitats Conserved in 2023: Reducing Threats and Building the Bird Conservation Movement
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Elizabeth Duan | December 20, 2023
In February, ABC and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility led more than 60 other nonprofit groups in calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to make major reforms in the way it regulates systemic insecticides. The proposal focuses on neonicotinoids (neonics), systemic ...
You’ve Already Been Exposed to Toxic PFAS. But You Can Take Steps to Minimize Future Exposure.
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Elizabeth Duan |
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly abbreviated as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” are ubiquitous. They have also been associated with debilitating health impacts, such as cancer, birth defects, liver disease, kidney disease and more. This can make it overwhelming to know what ...