Items Tagged with 'EPA'

Public employees, Crown Electrokinetics and more weigh in on what the election results mean for remediation professionals.

The Department of Defense (DoD) is vowing to speed up the cleanup of toxic "forever chemicals" at military bases nationwide, following new drinking water standards set by the EPA.

Ned Antell, staff scientist at Remedy Scientific Inc. is showing a poster at RemTEC & Emerging Contaminants Summit. Here is the summary.

Ovivo teases their poster for RemTEC & Emerging Contaminants Summit on PFAS destruction for drinking water treatment plants and more. 

A new report from the EPA's Office of the Inspector General has exposed a pattern of retaliation against EPA scientists who challenged the agency's rubber-stamping of potentially dangerous chemicals.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the grants on Sept. 4, 2024, with Christopher Frey, assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Research and Development.

Regulations for vinyl chloride are still several years off, and could have significant impacts on the market for PVC plastics, which are used in a wide range of products.

Critics pan how the cuts will impact conservation efforts. Supporters counter that it will help with energy independence. 

After about 10 years of cleanup activities, EPA will evaluate the effectiveness of the cleanup and determine what additional work, if any, is necessary to achieve cleanup goals.

The results of a review commissioned in 2020 confirm that the 2013 selected cleanup plan remains the best option, but costs have increased.