“The former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard on the edge of the San Francisco Bay has been a source of contentious controversy over the past decade. The EPA Superfund site became highly contaminated during the decades in which the shipyard cleaned and refurbished naval vessels that had ...

“Last month the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wrapped up a public comment period on its controversial plan to remove toxic PCBs from the Housatonic River. The agency said it hopes to issue its final plan by the end of the year. Tim Whitehouse used to work at the EPA, as a ...

“EPA has finalized its “scientific integrity” rule, at a time when scientists inside the agency have questioned its commitment to scientific research. Kyla Bennett, a director with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, noted EPA’s latest scientific ...

“Federal agencies told a D.C. federal court Thursday that there was “nothing unlawful” about the delegation of duties to the current head of the National Park Service after environmental groups claimed she had been appointed illegally without first being confirmed. ...

“A lawsuit filed Wednesday by several groups is seeking to return the Louisiana Black Bear to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. Bringing the lawsuit are Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association West, Sierra ...

“The Maryland Department of the Environment has completed their St. Mary’s River Pilot Study of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and stated in an October 5 press release, “No levels of concern found within study area…” MDE studied surface water at 23 ...

“To hear him tell it, William Perry Pendley’s ousting by a federal judge last month from acting with the authority of the director of the Bureau of Land Management was no big deal. In Pendley’s interview with the Powell Tribune, he said the court cases against him ...

“The Trump administration continues to assert that a federal judge’s scathing order forbidding William Perry Pendley from leading the Bureau of Land Management has had no impact on Pendley or the bureau’s leadership. Interior has been on the offensive regarding Pendley ...

“An environmental group geared toward public employees is suing the Forest Service to obtain an audit of the agency’s timber sales from the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said it’s looking for evidence that the timber ...

“A watchdog group hopes a lawsuit will shake loose more evidence of lost revenue from timber sales on the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. The borough government in Petersburg has also sought answers about what’s been done to fix problems with little response. Public ...

“Testing results released this week by the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) indicate high levels of PFAS toxicity in oysters and river water associated with the use of the chemicals at the Webster Outlying Field of the ...

“Molvar, who leads the conservation group, Western Watersheds Project, said public lands like Unaweep Canyon should remain natural to help people understand how healthy ecosystems look and to address climate change. Otherwise, he said, “we’re going to have a planet that ...

“The Department of the Interior on Friday announced that it finalized electric bike (or e-bike) regulations that it says paves the way for land managers to allow more people, especially older Americans and those with physical limitations, to experience bicycling on public lands ...

“William Perry Pendley, who led the Bureau of Land Management illegally for more than a year, told a Wyoming newspaper this week that a federal judge’s ruling barring him from performing the duties of director “has no impact, no impact whatsoever” on his actions ...

“Environmental regulators have detected some low levels of harmful “forever chemicals” in St. Mary’s waters after sampling several sites in the St. Mary’s River, but environmental advocates are unsure whether the levels are concerning. Maryland’s PFAS study in Southern ...

“In another area, the FAA, by court order, is reigniting its joint effort with the National Park Service to develop air tour management plans (ATMPs) over 23 national parks. This is an issue that literally spans decades when Native American communities, environmentalists, the ...

“A new round of testing for “forever chemicals” in St. Mary’s County, MD, found “no levels of concern” in oysters or in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay tributaries where the shellfish were growing, according to state environmental officials. Working with the St. Mary’s ...

“In a complaint filed this week, a group of New York City teachers and other school staffers charged that their workplaces are unsafe and that more rigorous testing of campus ventilation systems is necessary during the coronavirus pandemic. Representing the educators are the Public ...

“After dramatically scaling back the cleanup plan for one of the country’s most contaminated areas, critics say, the Trump administration is now preparing to sidestep any remediation at all by declaring the entire near-3,000-acre former rocket and nuclear testing site near Los ...

“A veteran, decorated Bureau of Land Management range specialist is in hot water for her efforts to end illegal cattle grazing in Colorado’s San Luis Valley; the headwaters to the Rio Grande. Three weeks after she laid out the problems to BLM’s de facto Director, William Perry ...