E&E News

Groundbreaking for the new facility is tentatively scheduled for late 2024 or early 2025, though the exact timing will turn on both the environmental impact statement process and on congressional appropriations. Citing in part the work of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, ...

Bob Sussman, an attorney representing intervening plaintiff groups responsible for the initial independent testing, the Center for Environmental Health and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, argued that the rule covers both impurities and byproducts. Sussman filed a motion ...

Fluorinated plastic barrels have been found to leach dangerous “forever chemicals” into the foods, cleaning supplies and other products the containers may hold. The groups — the Center for Environmental Health and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility — ...

Among the discoveries highlighted in the study — obtained through a public records request by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility — were “two proboscidean tusks” that could have belonged to a woolly mammoth. The tusks are buried less than 5 feet ...

While much is unknown about how microplastics affect human health, scientists have detected the tiny plastic fragments in blood and warn about possible toxic effects on fetuses. Lawmakers and advocates have been pushing the Biden administration for years to increase research into ...