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In Colorado, Oil and PFAS Shouldn’t Mix

by PEER | January 12, 2023
“Oil and gas operations are particularly bad places to use PFAS—or any type of dangerous chemical—because there are so many different pathways of contamination,” Horwitt says. PFAS doesn’t just get into our water but our air, too, due to the methane-flaring methods the industry ...

Trump Administration Loosens Protection for Florida Wetlands

by Elizabeth Duan | December 21, 2020
“I grew up in south Florida and every time I return home for the holidays, it looks different. I notice more development of sensitive natural areas like wetlands and upland pine flatwoods to make way for sprawling cookie cutter gated residential developments and the commercial retail ...