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How Long Can We Go without Prosecuting Polluters?

From: Sierra Club

“According to numbers released on Tuesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit that tracks environmental accountability in the…

California Environmental Law & Policy Update: GAO Investigating EPA's Low Enforcement Numbers

From: JD Supra

“The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has launched an investigation into declining enforcement actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against…

EPA Lax On Enforcement, Says Environmental Group

From: Boise State Public Radio

“The critical analysis comes from the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. It shows the federal government referred significantly…

With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe?

From: The Nation

“The shutdown adds more disorder to the government’s halting efforts to keep communities lead-free. As the top enforcer of the Safe Drinking Water Act and lead-safety…

Firm at Center of Hunters Point Fraud Scandal Rewarded With More Government Work

From: Curbed SF

“Tetra Tech, the engineering firm paid more than $250 million by the U.S. Navy to remove radioactive contamination from San Francisco’s Hunters Point has so far escaped…


News Releases

SENIOR OFFICIALS SKEWED SCIENCE TO BENEFIT XL PIPELINE

Reports Find Strong-Arm Tactics to Squelch Dissent and Create Phony Paper Trail

NEW CHRISTIE SANDY SPENDING PLAN HAS GAPING HOLES

HUD Beefs up Audits for Jersey Expenditures; 2-Year Use-It-or-Lose-It Deadline

JERSEY SANDY ENERGY GRANT AWARDS RAISE MORE QUESTIONS

Hazard Mitigation Funding Criteria Ignores Municipal Need and Hazard Severity

RULING VASTLY EXPANDS OFFICIAL SECRECY ON INFRASTRUCTURE

Troves of Public Safety Information Cloaked by FOIA Law Enforcement Exemption

“EXPEDITED APPROVAL” FOR JERSEY DEVELOPERS IS CHRISTIE STAPLE

Lt. Governor Guadagno Tasked as Red Tape Czar to Ram through Projects