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The Merit Systems Protection Board on Monday upheld a judge’s ruling that the U.S. Geological Survey unlawfully retaliated against an agency-scientist-turned-whistleblower. In a two-judge decision, the board largely sided with the judge’s ruling in favor of Eveline (Evi) ...

The Houston-based Inhance Technologies filed a petition in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, less than a week after EPA sent Inhance orders to stop making nine likely harmful PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as a result of its fluorination process. Independent ...

The National Park Service’s plan to ban single-use plastics at its 425 park sites by 2032 moves far too slowly, an environmental advocacy group said Tuesday. In an analysis of the plan, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility called it “needlessly protracted, encumbered ...

“Taylor Swift is a powerful voice given her popularity, and she uses her platform to raise awareness and spark change,” said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, who has advocated against plastic athletic fields being ...

Two years later, Sams is struggling on both counts, leading an agency that’s “mired in reform malaise,” Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an advocacy group, said Wednesday. “In steering its increasingly strained workforce, the park service is failing to address ...