As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America's most toxic sites are uncertain
Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into the environment for nearly a century. Exide Technologies in southeast Los ...
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‘Forever chemicals’ are polluting the Peconic River. New data makes strongest case yet that former Navy site is to blame.
New data and maps released last month by the Navy as part of the cleanup process of the former Grumman site in Calverton show groundwater contaminated by PFAS is migrating off-site towards the ...
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Like raking leaves: Prescribed pile fires burn near Flagstaff in Coconino National Forest
Officials with the Coconino National Forest conducted prescribed burns near Flagstaff and stated that smoke could be noticeable from Interstate 17. The fire, dubbed the Walker Hill pile burn ...
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park embarks on new hellbender study | Word from the Smokies
which is expected to last for two years and is funded through a $140,000 allocation from the National Park Service’s Natural Resource Condition Assessment Program. Under direction from NPS ...
Walla Walla Union Bulletin18d
'Extremely disturbing': High levels of heavy metals at Monterey estuary after lithium battery site fire
The toxic metals threaten to upset the delicate ecosystem at the Elkhorn Slough, which is the state's second-largest estuary ... from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined that ...
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Oregon Dairy Owner to Preserve Hoquarten Slough Wetlands under EPA Agreement
The Tillamook Estuaries Partnership is part of EPA’s National Estuary Project. The Tillamook Bay was designated as an “Estuary of National Significance” by EPA. The Tillamook Estuaries Partnership has ...
Federal Register25d
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources Technology Review
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Maryland Coastal Bays Program Seeks Public Input on 10-Year Plan Proposal
MARYLAND - The Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) and National Estuary Programs are ... MCBP says the Environmental Protection Agency requires them to revise the plan every decade. “ ...
Tampa Bay Times1mon
Tampa Bay estuary’s water quality was doing well – until 2 hurricanes hit
The stories told by Rogal and others appear backed by the data in the most recent “State of the Bay” report presented Wednesday by the Tampa Bay Estuary Program. The takeaway: Florida’s ...
The National Law Review1mon
Promising Results from Groundbreaking FinCrime Data Sharing Project Between Seven UK Banks and the National Crime Agency
The National Law Review is not a law firm nor is www.NatLawReview.com intended to be a referral service for attorneys and/or other professionals. The NLR does not wish, nor does it intend ...
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New National Park Widens Protection of Legendary ‘Asian Unicorn’ Mountain Home
The government of Laos DPR recently turned a vast area of hills and tropical forests over to conservation with the establishment of Xesap National Park (NP). Aided by Western endowments and ...
Palo Alto Weekly1mon
Environmental Protection Agency invests more than $50M to protect San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a designated “estuary of national significance ... comes from EPA’s San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund, a competitive-grant program focused on restoring ...