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Placing ‘politics about pollution control’ EPA drops surprise inspections for chemical and power plants

From: Nation of Change

"Environmentalists are furious over the change. “Taking the element of surprise away from inspections decreases their effectiveness, for obvious reasons,” said…

Giving “Upper Hand to Corporate Polluters,” EPA Drops Surprise Inspections

From: Truth Out

"Watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) publicized the development in a press statement on Thursday. It cites a memo, dated July 11,…

The EPA's New 'No Surprise' Policy Protects Everything Except the Environment

From: Esquire

"If it were up to me, I'd want the people who own power plants and chemical factories to wake up every morning in cold dread that someone from the Environmental Protection…

There May Finally be a Move to Crack Down on Noisy National Park Overflights

From: Adventure Journal

"While it seems national parks would be protected from an overabundance of loud flight tours, few flight plans are made or enforced above the parks; it’s a kind…

Bureau of Land Management HQ headed to Grand Junction

From: Sopris Sun

"Each of the 550 agency positions that report to Washington, D.C., were sorted, using four questions: Is the position necessary to deliver the results for its respective…


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EPA IS GRAVEYARD FOR RULEMAKING PETITIONS

One Analysis Shows Tiny Fraction Answered; Most Languish for Decades

LAWSUIT TO VENTILATE REACTOR INUNDATION NIGHTMARE SCENARIOS

NRC Withholding Documents Confirming Risks to One-Third of U.S. Nuclear Plants

LONGLINES KILLING PACIFIC SEABIRDS AT RECORD RATE

NOAA Admits Official Counts Significantly Underestimate True By-Catch Toll

GRAY WOLF PEER REVIEW PANEL PURGED BY AGENCY

Fish & Wildlife Service Forces Contractor to Axe Scientists Due to Sign-On Letter

OLD DEAD FISH SPARK SPAT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND OIL GIANT

Pacific Herring Tissue Samples from 2005 Figure in Ongoing Exxon Valdez Litigation