Apr 25, 2023 | issues
In a joint national letter today, 81 environmental and social justice organizations from across the U.S. and its territories are urging the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and U.S. EPA to immediately halt all open air burning and open detonation...
Jan 31, 2023 | issues
WISCONSIN – Representatives of local government, impacted residents and environmental groups serving on the Badger Restoration Advisory Board have co-signed a formal resolution calling on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to order improved testing...
Dec 21, 2022 | issues
by Lauren A. Koban, Andrew R. Pfluger First published: 19 August 2022 Abstract Considered contaminants of emerging concern, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of toxic, manufactured chemicals found in commercial and consumer products such as...
Sep 27, 2022 | issues
Central Louisiana Coalition for a Clean & Healthy Environment: Fighting for ZERO Open Burning/Open Detonation in New RCRA Permit September 22, 2022 — Clean Harbors Colfax is the only commercial open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) facility in the...
Sep 12, 2022 | issues
By TESSA WORLEY tworley@timesnews.net, Kingsport Times-News TENNESSEE — BAE Systems employees might not have followed safety protocols, which led to the Jan. 3, 2019, explosion at Holston Army Ammunition Plant, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court....
Aug 22, 2022 | issues
Earlier this month, at a public meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board for the former 7,400-acre Badger Army Ammunition Plant, the Army reported that of the eight PFAS chemicals detected in groundwater at the southern plant boundary in 2018, concentrations of one...
