EPA Staff Move to Safeguard Work Amid Worries of Trump’s Return
by Bloomberg Law | August 9, 2024
A lack of transparency could complicate efforts by environmental or good governance advocates to file lawsuits challenging rules that don’t follow the science. Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said it’s already difficult for ...
Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over PFAS in Plastic Containers
by Bloomberg Law | July 25, 2024
Environmental groups sued the EPA on Thursday over an alleged lack of action to regulate the distribution of plastic containers contaminated with PFAS. Kyla Bennett, science policy director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which is also a plaintiff, said in the ...
Texas Farmers Sue EPA for Alleged Inaction on Forever Chemicals
by Bloomberg Law | June 6, 2024
A group of five Texas farmers and ranchers sued the EPA on Thursday for its alleged failure to properly regulate PFAS in fertilizer. “EPA is avoiding its longstanding legal responsibility to protect our health and environment from PFAS in biosolids,” Kyla Bennett, science policy ...
Data on PFAS in Some Plastics Concealed by EPA, Lawsuit Alleges
by Bloomberg Law | February 15, 2024
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 ...
Agency Avoiding Environmental Review of Grazing Lands, Suit Says
by Bloomberg Law | September 14, 2023
The US Bureau of Land Management failed to complete environmental analyses for thousands of commercial livestock grazing allotments, conservation groups alleged in a federal complaint. The BLM has issued 35,000 grazing permits covering 155 million acres across 13 Western states, but didn ...