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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

500 MANATEE DEATHS IN 2017…AND COUNTING

Last Year’s Mortality Spike Already Topped Before December Cold Snaps

COYOTE CONTROL BASED ON SCIENTIFIC HOUSE OF CARDS

Complaint Seeks to End Federal Reliance on Flawed 42-Year-Old Study

PRUITT SUPERFUND PLAN LEAVES NO FINGERPRINTS

Task Force Viewed No Material, Produced No Notes or Draft Recommendations

SCOTT’S PLEDGE TO RESTORE FLORIDA SPRINGS WAS A SCAM

Petroleum Cleanup $ Misdirected Outside Spring-Sheds or to Low Priority Projects

EPA URGED TO CLOSE DIRTY WATER PUBLIC NOTICE LOOPHOLES

Schools, Day-Care, Nursing Homes Lack Warning on Unsafe Drinking Water