Speed Bumps on the Road to Sustainable Mining When Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said on March 9, 2021, “the United States needs to boost domestic production of the minerals used to make electric vehicles, so long as it’s done sustainably,”...
Whales on the Brink of Extinction At least three large whale species in U.S. waters are on the brink of extinction, with more listed as endangered. Preventable ship strikes are the leading cause of death for many of these species. Despite these looming extinctions,...
Suspend your disbelief—Minnesota Permitting Process Self-Corrects Last week the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (PCA) suspended a major air pollution permit for a gas-fired power plant which, under the new permit, would have also been able to burn diesel fuel oil....
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 20, 2023 CONTACT Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 Paula Dinerstein [email protected] (202) 265-6391 San Francisco Parks Overflight Limits Grossly Inadequate Suit Charges Air Tour Plan for Four Bay Area Parks...
Our Health and Our Changing Climate A conversation with NIH research oncologist and PEER Board Member Dr. Christine Berg An interactive donor event discussing the nexus between the changing climate, our health, and the importance of defending science in the face of...
The EPA is Hiding Behind Industry Secrets This week, during Sunshine Week, we are highlighting a disturbing trend by government agencies and industry to use the “Confidential Business Information” as a shield to keep important health, safety, and product information...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 15, 2023 CONTACT Rick Steiner [email protected] (907) 360-4503 Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 National Strategy to Avoid Whale Ship Strikes Proposed Increase in Ship Size and Traffic Drive Whales to...
CONTACTS Kyla Bennett – [email protected] (508) 230-9933 Monica Mercola – [email protected] (202) 265-4187 Today’s EPA Action on PFAS in Drinking Water The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed drinking water limits announced today on six per- and...
Scientific Integrity Is Not a Popularity Contest In government service, scientists who formally file dissenting opinions do so at the risk of their careers. They are challenging the orthodoxy of their agency, often on issues fraught with heavy political overtones. It...
Reversing a Shocking Pesticides Decision In 1984, EPA issued a regulatory waiver allowing companies to register pesticides without submitting “efficacy” data substantiating the products’ claimed benefits. That shocking decision has led to the overuse of...
Public health Scientist Vindicated Dr. David Carpenter, a long tenured professor and the founding Dean of the University at Albany’s School of Public Health, will not face discipline by the university and “is no longer on an alternate assignment and may now teach and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 1, 2023 CONTACT Kyla Bennett [email protected] (508) 230-9933 Hudson Kingston [email protected] (202) 792-1277 Scientific Basis for EPA’s Definition of PFAS Still Missing Europe and Canada Embrace Inclusive PFAS...
US budget riders compromise conservation Originally published in Science Magazine, February 23, 2023. In the story “Research gets a boost in final 2023 spending agreement” (23 December 2022, p. 1263), the Science News Staff describe the US omnibus budget bill’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 28, 2023 CONTACT Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 Colleen Teubner [email protected] (202) 464-2293 Supersonic Jet Climate Fears Not Relayed to NASA Brass “Major Concern” over Climate and Ozone from Independent...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 27, 2023 CONTACT Kyla Bennett [email protected] (508) 230-9933 Congressional Rider Condemns Right Whale to Extinction In Letter Featured in Science, Experts Decry Entanglement Protections Delay Washington, DC —In a...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 21, 2023 CONTACT Paula Dinerstein [email protected] (202) 265-6391 Colleen Teubner [email protected] (202) 464-2293 Public Health Scientist Sidelined by Industry Tactics Academic Freedom Complaint Filed with University...
Jumping the Gun in East Palestine The explosion of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio highlights the dangers of governments rushing to return to an air of normalcy after such a disaster without evaluating the full impacts of chemical exposure. To...
EPA Asks for Comment on PFAS Data It Won’t Release After failing to take action against Inhance Technologies for creating toxic PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) during the fluorine gas treatment of plastic bottles and containers, the U.S. Environmental...
