EPA explains why it authorized imports of GenX from Netherlands to NC

by News From the States | October 27, 2023
This summer, Chemours provided confidential business information that addressed the previous information gaps. “Absent other disqualifying circumstances, it left EPA with no course of action other than to provide the conditional consent,” the agency spokesman said. Tim Whitehouse is ...

Environmental Protection Agency sued over Oak Ridge landfill for radioactive waste

Former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler nevertheless approved the plan, which required waiving Clean Water Act rules, in the waning days of the Trump Administration — a decision upheld by his Biden Administration successor, Michael Regan. Now, according to the Public Employees for ...

Nonprofit: National Park Service plan to reduce single-use plastics is too slow

by KNAU |
NPS plans to phase out all single-use plastics by 2032, but the nonprofit says the time frame is too long. “The Park Service’s plan is a disappointing ‘plan to plan’ without any near-term steps for meaningful plastic reduction,” Rocky Mountain PEER Director Chandra Rosenthal said ...

EPA explains why it authorized imports of GenX from Netherlands to NC

This summer, Chemours provided confidential business information that addressed the previous information gaps. “Absent other disqualifying circumstances, it left EPA with no course of action other than to provide the conditional consent,” the agency spokesman said. Tim Whitehouse is ...

Nonprofit says Park Service plan to reduce plastic doesn’t move fast enough

by KJZZ | October 25, 2023
A new report by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is critical of a Park Service plan to reduce single-use plastics. The nonprofit says other public lands agencies are acting faster on similar projects. The Grand Canyon was once one of a handful of parks leading the way in ...
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