The Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA and the private sector currently operate more than 60 open burn pits across the U.S. and its territories – causing the uncontrolled release of PFAS and other toxic chemicals to the environment. A new federal...
In August 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense issued a legislatively-required report to Congress on the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that the military considers “critical to the national security of the United States.” The detailed 27-page...
In this national news report by InsideEPA, CSWAB comments on the deeply entrenched resistance by DOD, DOE, NASA and private industry to modernize their hazardous waste treatment systems. EPA has quietly published a compendium of alternatives to open burning/open...
Today, CSWAB submitted detailed public comment on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the proposed construction and operation of a new 101-acre Dairy Forage Research Center complex along U.S. Highway 12 on former...
In response to joint public comment by CSWAB and Alaska Community Action on Toxics, EPA Region 10 is requiring Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) in Anchorage, Alaska to collect additional environmental information to determine if the long-delayed closure...
Photograph: EPA continues to permit Indiana’s Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center to open air burn and detonate as much as 109 million pounds of hazardous energetic waste every YEAR. Despite the availability of advanced alternative technologies, open burning...
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