The Battle For The Skies Over National Parks Drags On

by National Parks Traveler | February 20, 2024
Congress in 2000 passed the National Parks Air Tour Management Act governing scenic flights over national parks outside Alaska and the Grand Canyon National Park, which obtained its own flight plan in 1987. It directed the National Park Service to work with the Federal Aviation ...

Environmentalists Sue EPA To Force Release Of PFAS ‘Safety’ Data

by Inside EPA | February 16, 2024
Two environmental groups are mounting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit to compel release of what they say is key “health and safety” data on PFAS contamination in fluorinated plastic containers at the heart of a sprawling legal fight over the agency’s authority to regulate ...

Groups Sue EPA For Withholding Information On PFAS Use In Plastics Manufacturing

Two environmental groups on Feb. 15 sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking a permanent injunction directing it to disclose under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) all “wrongfully withheld documents” ...

Enviro Orgs Sue EPA Over PFAS Data For Plastic Containers

by Law 360 | February 15, 2024
Two environmental groups accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday of withholding test data on the presence of forever chemicals in fluorinated plastic containers in response to their Freedom of Information Act request… Read the PEER Story… ...

Lawsuit accuses EPA of withholding ‘forever chemicals’ data

by E&E News |
Two advocacy groups are suing EPA over claims it withheld data regarding the risks of “forever chemicals” in millions of fluorinated plastic barrels. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Center for Environmental Health, the two groups that brought the ...
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