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Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found in Artificial Turf

From: The Intercept

"Any threats posed by the PFAS in the blades and backing of turf add to questions that were already swirling about the crumb rubber sprinkled over it. In 2014, soccer…

Federal regulators take heat from both sides of the right whale-gear debate

From: Bangor Daily News

"Earlier this year, NMFS reopened 3000 square miles of ocean south of Nantucket to groundfishing, allowing the use of gillnets and rope. The agency said that…

SF’s Treasure Island, poised for building boom, escaped listing as Superfund site

From: San Francisco Chronicle

"Environmental advocacy groups said the decision led to a dysfunctional and delayed cleanup, making the process less transparent and leaving thousands…

GLACIER PARK OFFICIALLY ALLOWS E-BIKES

From: Daily Inter Lake

"Outdoor and conservation groups have objected to allowing e-bikes in parks without additional study or public notice. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility…

Trump administration expands hunting and fishing in wildlife refuges

From: The Washington Post

"It’s the latest effort by the Trump administration to open public lands to recreation and industry, which critics say comes at the expense of the environment…


News Releases

LOVE THAT DIRTY WATER: ROMNEY WATER POLLUTION RECORD

Hundreds of Corporate Waivers to Dump Toxics into Massachusetts Water Supply

CRUSADING EPA SCIENTIST RETURNED TO WORK

Her Termination Thrown Out due to Constitutional Violations by Agency

HOW WOULD THE ENVIRONMENT FARE UNDER A PRESIDENT ROMNEY?

Not Very Well, His Record as Massachusetts Governor Suggests

NEW JERSEY WAR ON “KILLER TREES” VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW

Bull's Island Is Habitat for Endangered Bat and Protected Migratory Birds

DISTURBING TOXIC AIR RESULTS CONFIRMED IN PATERSON, NJ

State Dissembles on Findings That 7 Air Toxics Are “Above the Health Benchmark”