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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

STEALTH WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTING DOWNSIZE

Far Fewer Local Weather Forecasters Limited to Working “Business Hours”

TRUMP MONUMENT REVOCATIONS WOULD BE MONUMENTAL MESS

Hyper-Partisanship Sidelines Historic Congressional Monument Role

REMINDERS WHY PALIN WOULD BE TERRIBLE INTERIOR SECRETARY

Her Alaskan Record Reflects Rabid Anti-Science Approach to Environmental Issues

PARK SERVICE MYOPIC DRIVE FOR POLITICALLY CORRECT SCIENCE

Pretentious New Resource Planning Directive Hopelessly Conflicted and Amorphous

CELL COVERAGE TO WASH ACROSS NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS

Theodore Roosevelt Spins in Grave Over Tower Named for Him in Namesake Park