PFAS in waste spurs alarm over ‘poisoning,’ regulatory gaps

"Disposal is the carnival room of smoke and mirrors with the PFAS issue right now," said Bennington College professor David Bond.

By E.A. Crunden | 01/27/2022 01:39 PM EST

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PFAS in waste streams illustration showing a landfill and a garbage truck

EPA data shows PFAS are widespread in the waste stream, even as the agency has been slow to regulate the chemicals under the nation's law governing disposal processes.Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News (illustration); choice76/istock (landfill photo); text (University of California Berkley School of Law)

Clockwise from top left: J. Michelle Childs, Leslie Abrams Gardner, Leondra Kruger, Kamala Harris, Sherrilyn Ifill, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

President Biden has pledged to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Clockwise from top left: J. Michelle Childs, Leslie Abrams Gardner, Leondra Kruger, Kamala Harris, Sherrilyn Ifill and Ketanji Brown Jackson.Clockwise from top left: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak (Childs); Ballotpedia (Gardner); Office of the Governor of California (Kruger); Lawrence Jackson/Official White House Photo (Harris); Cliff Owen/AP (Ifill); H2rty/Wikipedia (Jackson)

Meet Biden’s potential Supreme Court picks

By Pamela King | 01/27/2022 01:37 PM EST

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Max Wilbert

Activist Max Wilbert at the Thacker Pass lithium mine site in Nevada in early December 2021. A sign with the words “Lithium Lies” in red can be seen behind him.Francis Chung/E&E News

How an ‘anti-trans’ group split the fight against a lithium mine

By Jael Holzman | 01/27/2022 01:36 PM EST

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

Breyer and the environment: ‘He wasn’t a liberal. He was a moderate’

By Pamela King | 01/27/2022 01:34 PM EST

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Michael Regan

Regan vows concrete steps to confront EJ problems

By Kelsey Brugger, Sean Reilly | 01/26/2022 01:47 PM EST

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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Biden admin cancels mining leases near Boundary Waters

By Jael Holzman | 01/26/2022 01:45 PM EST

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

Breyer retirement paves way for Biden Supreme Court pick

By Pamela King | 01/26/2022 01:44 PM EST

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Interior Department.

Inside the Interior ethics office a GOP lawmaker wants audited

By Michael Doyle | 01/25/2022 01:35 PM EST

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EPA enforcement agents.

Criminal cases against polluters drop by a third

By Kelsey Brugger | 01/25/2022 01:35 PM EST

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House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) on Capitol Hill Sept. 14, 2021.

EPA rule in the crosshairs as Clean Water Act heads to court

By Hannah Northey | 01/25/2022 01:34 PM EST

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Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly

Feds reverse course, seek protections for a New Mexico butterfly

By Michael Doyle | 01/24/2022 01:40 PM EST

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Pebble project.

Pebble mine developer does away with Washington lobbyists

By Timothy Cama, Jael Holzman | 01/24/2022 01:35 PM EST

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