Nearly two years after Chuck Sams took over as director of the National Park Service with a determination to improve employee morale, workforce morale continues to fall, employee flight from the agency is growing, and the agency’s directorate is failing to reverse those trends,  ...

Kyla Bennett, a former official with the EPA, is a science policy director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), and one of the nation’s top experts on PFAS. If the NFL were to decide to rid its stadiums of artificial turf, it “would be a game changer,” ...

Kyla Bennett is Chief Scientist with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. (PEER) Bennett said the group is concerned PFAS from a field will leech into the groundwater and contaminate the Island’s water supply. Bennett says a costly treatment plan would then be required. “ ...

Toxic Forever Chemicals Not Monitored in Discharge or Included in Cleanup ...

A new lawsuit accuses the Bureau of Land Management of often failing to do required environmental reviews of grazing permits in Colorado and other western states, particularly in areas in western Colorado and elsewhere where grazing can potentially impact species such as sage-grouse and ...