Digging for Dirt
* The Coasties Are Working Overtime: (But what else is new, right?) The comment period for the Port Access Route Study (PARS) “Alaskan Arctic Coast” closed this past week. That study started in December 2018. The comment period was extended a […]
Coast GuardPort Access Route Study: Northern New York BightThe Coast Guard announced it is conducting a Port Access Route Study (PARS) for port approaches to New York and New Jersey and international and domestic transit. One big concern: “planned or […]
* Now here’s something you don’t hear too much about anymore: Ozone, you know – O3, the weird molecule that includes 3 oxygen atoms and was the primary focus of air pollution policy for, oh, I don’t know, 45 years? (Not […]
* Wha’..?! You mean those peeps making six figures and gathering-up rich pensions at taxpayers’ expense were actually supposed to DO something? C’mon…! That’s the sense of outrage you get reading the EPA Office of Inspector General report on the […]
* Amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in June 2016 expanded the categories of people to whom EPA may disclose confidential business information (CBI). Authorization now extends to state, tribal, and local governments; environmental, health, and medical professionals; […]