Governors Press Congress To Back PFAS Measures In Defense Bill

A bipartisan group of 15 governors is pressing leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees to back measures in pending defense authorization legislation that would require EPA and the Defense Department (DOD) to set policies to regulate the chemicals, curb releases and clean up contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The push, including from four Republican-led states and several swing states, contrasts with the White House, which earlier this month “strongly” objected to measures that would require...