Deleting a site from the NPL happens when cleanup of the contamination is complete and allows residents to move forward in reusing and redeveloping the land.
The draft standards from the Government of Canada rely on EPA testing methods 533 or 537.1, but still apply to 'any' per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance.
As of February 10, 2023, all known illegal mines on Sangihe Island are no longer operating. However, they leave behind contaminated worksites and no remediation resources.
Montrose Environmental Group, has acquired Environmental Alliance, Inc., a top environmental engineering and consulting firm in the Mid-Atlantic region.
CEH and PEER responded to nine significant new use notices (SNUNs) filed by Inhance Technologies by calling on the EPA to ban the process that creates per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Funding comes from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is investing in abandoned mine reclamation in Wyoming.
AML reclamation supports jobs in coal communities by investing in projects that close dangerous mine shafts, reclaim unstable slopes, improve water quality by treating acid mine drainage, and restore water supplies damaged by mining.
Researchers studied over a decade of photographic records of individual whales and determined that belugas in Alaska's Cook Inlet have relatively low rates of birth and survival, which are both likely contributing to the population’s decline.
The beluga whale population in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, which connects Anchorage to the North Pacific Ocean, is listed as endangered and has declined by over 75% from about 1,300 whales in the late 1970’s to fewer than 300 today.