“More than 300 green groups, businesses and nonprofits today called on the National Park Service to prohibit single-use plastics at its 423 park sites. Earlier this month, House appropriators criticized NPS for doing nothing to reduce plastic waste since the Trump administration in ...

“You recently spoke out against the allegation that PFBS [perfluorobutane sulfonic acid] risk assessments had been tampered with. You were quoted saying, “They are the product of biased political interference” that stands to erode the trust that the American public has in EPA and ...

“The assistant director of the city’s Utilities Department has surrendered his plant operator’s license following a complaint he obtained the license under “false pretenses.” A watchdog group, the Tallahassee-based Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), ...

“Whistleblowers responsible for completing chemical risk assessments have come forward with allegations that their reports have been and continue to be “improperly altered to completely eliminate or minimize risk calculations,” according to a complaint filed by Public Employees ...

“Public viewings of Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchling releases are back! The first public releases in two years are scheduled at the Malaquite Visitor Center at Padre Island National Seashore on July 23-24 and Aug. 4-6. Public releases are also under scrutiny and could be canceled ...

“On July 1, 2021, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that attorneys at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP have been appointed as special assistant attorneys general to conduct an independent investigation into “allegations regarding alleged improper non-enforcement ...

“EPA’s inspector general is probing the agency’s review of hot-button toxic substances, including so-called forever chemicals. The Office of Inspector General said yesterday it will initiate an inquiry based on a hotline complaint regarding risk assessments carried out ...

“In a recent letter to Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who chairs the House Oversight Subcommitte on Environment, the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said four scientist reported that midlevel managers made major changes to risk assessments (Greenwire, ...

“The National Park Service is directing superintendents to further consider their electric bicycle regulations, but how much impact it will have on Glacier National Park remains to be seen. Under the Trump administration, then Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt in May 2019 ordered ...

“Firefighters want the option to wear protective gear that doesn’t contain toxic chemicals. The only problem? The very garment manufacturers whose gear contains PFAS sit on the standard-setting committee they must convince. But purchasing turnout gear without PFAS is nearly ...

“Officials at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have ‘improperly altered’ safety assessments of new and existing chemicals for years and are continuing to do so, four scientists at the agency claim in a complaint filed by the non-profit environmental protection ...

“In July last year, a Maryland-based environmental nonprofit called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed a complaint opposing the…” Read the PEER Story… ...

“Republicans opposing measures aiming to crack down on “forever chemicals” are pointing to the presence of the toxic substances in face masks worn to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 to bolster their arguments against advancing legislation. “The line that we can ...

“In May the NPS published new guidance for park managers that directs them to decide what species and landscapes they want to preserve and what they will let go. The document says that “it will not be possible to safeguard all park resources, processes, assets, and values in their ...

“When RAND Inc. researchers last spring presented parents with a list of 13 items that would make them feel safe about in-person schooling this fall, parents’ top priority wasn’t teacher or student vaccines, social distancing or regular COVID testing. It was ventilation. Perhaps ...

“For much of the past decade, oil companies engaged in drilling and fracking have been allowed to pump into the ground chemicals that, over time, can break down into toxic substances known as PFAS — a class of long-lasting compounds known to pose a threat to people and wildlife ...

“Our Kyla Bennett appears on The 25 Live Podcast to discuss our work to make PFAS-free firefighting gear possible. The NFPA 1971 TIA 1594 would remove the UV light test and give manufacturers the opportunity to design and distribute PFAS free Fire Gear. More information can be found ...

“Several scientists working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have raised concerns over disregard for scientific data by the organization. Through Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), four EPA scientists have filed a formal complaint with the ...

“The investigative online publication The Intercept has turned its attention to the current and historical role of industry in distorting, undermining, and outright suppressing the protective function of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to pesticide ...

“The four EPA toxics office scientists who are asking the inspector general to investigate the office are detailing a host of alleged incidents where they say career leaders improperly overrode their findings to secure less-stringent TSCA reviews of new chemicals. According to the ...