EPA to fire or reassign more than 450 staffers working on environmental justice, DEI
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PEER | April 22, 2025
Some environmental advocates worry that dismantling the office will hurt disadvantaged communities, which continue to bear the brunt of pollution. “Every person in this country, regardless of socioeconomic status, race, or Zip code, deserves clean water, air and food,” Kyla Bennett, ...
EPA reverses course, reinstating dozens of environmental justice workers
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PEER | March 7, 2025
“These leaves were conducted indiscriminately and without any consideration of statutory requirements, or of the effect the firings would have on Americans,” Kyla Bennett, the director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said in an email. “It is ...
Trump puts industry insiders in charge of overseeing chemical safety
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PEER | January 23, 2025
Beck will be joined by Dekleva, who also previously worked for the American Chemistry Council and DuPont and will serve as the deputy assistant administrator. Dekleva did not respond to a request for comment. Kyla Bennett, the director of science policy at Public Employees for ...
Why scientists fear a second Trump term, and what they are doing about it
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Elizabeth Duan | June 12, 2024
When the union representing nearly half of Environmental Protection Agency employees approved a new contract with the federal government this month, it included an unusual provision that had nothing to do with pay, benefits or workplace flexibility: protections from political meddling into ...
Turf fields may have ‘forever chemicals.’ Should kids be playing on them?
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Elizabeth Duan | March 12, 2024
Test results from the San Diego soccer kids experiment found that two of the three players came off the turf field with higher amounts of PFAS on their hands than at the beginning of the practice. When the players practiced on natural grass, the results were mixed. The San Diego ...