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Common mosquito pesticide packed with PFAS

by E&E News | March 26, 2021
“A pesticide widely used for mosquito control in Maryland and other states contains so-called forever chemicals — including a notorious compound phased out of U.S. production years ago due to health concerns — according to recent test results. Testing ordered by Public Employees ...

‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Bayer-Produced Mosquito Killer

by Bloomberg Law | March 25, 2021
“The EPA confirmed Thursday that it’s investigating new data showing a mosquito-killer made by Bayer CropScience LP had high concentrations of two well-known “forever chemicals” that have been linked to health problems. The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ( ...

Researchers find harmful ‘forever chemicals’ in pesticide used against mosquitoes in Maryland

by Baltimore Sun | March 25, 2021
“Lab tests ordered by environmental groups found harmful chemicals, called PFAS, in a pesticide that Maryland uses for its mosquito control program, the groups said Thursday. “The results for us are extremely disturbing, given the health impacts linked to these forever chemicals ...

BLM Whistleblower Exposed Dangers of Wyoming Oil and Gas Project, Facing Termination

by Whistleblower Network News | March 25, 2021
“A U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) environmental analyst is “facing termination” for blowing the whistle on environmental concerns related to a “massive Wyoming oil and gas project,” according to a March 16 press release from nonprofit group Public Employees for ...

Boebert bill would keep BLM HQ in Grand Junction

by Grand Junction Sentinel | March 23, 2021
“U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has introduced legislation that would carry out via law what she previously has endorsed as a matter of policy — keeping the Bureau of Land Management’s national headquarters in Grand Junction. Chandra Rosenthal, Rocky Mountain director of Public ...

California took more than 3,500 actions against alleged polluters since 2020, report finds

by Palm Springs Desert Sun | March 23, 2021
“California is near the top in the country in state enforcement actions and fines levied against polluting industries since 2000, according to a new report that highlights the fragmented U.S. environmental compliance system. Tim Whitehouse, a former senior attorney with the EPA, is ...

Boebert bill would keep BLM HQ in Grand Junction

by Grand Junction Sentinel | March 23, 2021
“U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has introduced legislation that would carry out via law what she previously has endorsed as a matter of policy — keeping the Bureau of Land Management’s national headquarters in Grand Junction. Chandra Rosenthal, Rocky Mountain director of Public ...

Letter to the Editor: Build up BLM to protect our finest lands

by Salt Lake Tribune | March 20, 2021
“March temperatures are perfect for mountain biking, rock climbing, and river rafting trips, so increasingly the state is a spring break destination for college kids and families. The record-breaking number of visitors to Utah in 2020 indicates that despite COVID-19, there will also ...

State politics hamstring EPA’s pursuit of polluters

by E&E News | March 19, 2021
“There are countless ways EPA can execute President Biden’s campaign promise to “hold polluters accountable” and pursue environmental offenders “to the fullest extent permitted by law.” But one decision EPA enforcement agents will have to make will be ...

Trump rule imperils more than 40,000 waterways

by E&E News | March 19, 2021
“More than 70% of U.S. waterways reviewed under a controversial Trump-era rule could be permanently damaged after they were not afforded federal protection, according to Army Corps of Engineers data obtained and reviewed by E&E News. The agency reviewed 55,519 waters and water ...

Tsunami warning system is restored

by Yahoo News | March 18, 2021
“The system of ocean buoys that helps warn Hawaii and the rest of the nation about tsunamis is back working after being knocked out of commission for nearly a week. “The total loss of the DART network seriously compromises the effectiveness of our tsunami public safety net, ...

Feds unjustly firing Converse oilfield whistleblower, group contends

by WyoFile | March 17, 2021
“A watchdog group challenged the proposed firing of a federal environmental analyst Tuesday after he criticized plans to allow the Converse County Oil and Gas Project to degrade raptor nesting sites. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a national group that supports ...

Watchdog blames NOAA for lack of transparency on tsunami tracking system outage

by Hawaii News Now | March 17, 2021
“There are new allegations that the staff at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was told to keep quiet about an outage of a key data system that had been down for days. Jeff Ruch is with the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Alleged ...

Whistleblower case tests BLM commitment to career officials

by E&E News | March 16, 2021
“A hearing today to decide the fate of a Trump-era whistleblower who claims he was punished for raising concerns about a proposed oil and gas project in Wyoming could be a “litmus test” for how the Biden administration treats career Bureau of Land Management employees. So ...

Group Says Biden Administration Is Firing a Whistleblower Using Revoked Trump Rules

by Government Executive | March 16, 2021
“An employee advocacy group is accusing the Biden administration of failing to follow through on its promise to reverse a Trump-era initiative aimed at making it easier to fire federal workers, instead using the nullified policy to dismiss a whistleblower. Walter Loewen, a planning ...

PTWC: Key tsunami warning system offline for days, hindering ability to retrieve critical data

by Hawaii News Now | March 16, 2021
“The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center confirmed Tuesday that a system containing critical information on water levels has been down for several days. The Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis — also known as DART — system has been offline since March 9 due to a “ ...

NOAA’s tsunami sensors went down ahead of 10th anniversary of Japan’s Tohoku disaster

by LA Times | March 16, 2021
“The nation’s main tsunami detection system experienced an outage March 9 when a broken water pipe in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Maryland headquarters knocked out the program’s servers, according to an agency spokeswoman. Ocean monitors positioned ...

Understaffed Chemical Safety Board Ripe for Revamp as Probes Lag

by Bloomberg Law | March 15, 2021
“The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is running on fumes. With 80% of its board seats vacant and more than a dozen open investigations, CSB staffers are being asked to take on management responsibilities while the agency is run by Trump administration holdover Katherine Lemos, a self- ...

A New Era for the Bureau of Land Management

by Studio 809 | March 13, 2021
“What steps can the Biden administration take to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Bureau of Land Management to better address its conservation and climate change goals? This question was addressed in a lively online discussion hosted by PEER (Public Employees for ...

State Waste Officials Back Superfund Law Class Designation For PFAS

by Inside EPA | March 12, 2021
“State waste regulators say the lack of federal regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is hindering their efforts to clean up the chemicals, and they are calling for EPA to designate the entire class of thousands of PFAS as “hazardous substances” under the ...
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