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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…


News Releases

BLM DUCKS COMPLAINT ABOUT SUPPRESSING LIVESTOCK DAMAGE

Landscape Assessments in Limbo after Scientists Told to Ignore Livestock Impacts

FOUR MORE FLORIDA PANTHERS DIE IN NOVEMBER; TWO THIS WEEK

With 23 Deaths So Far This Year, 2012 Could Become Deadliest on Record

ROLLING PURGE RIPPLES THROUGH FLORIDA ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Staff Told to “Demonstrate Job Creation” as Colleagues Escorted Out of Building

JUDGE ORDERS ERADICATION OF GE PLANTS ON WILDLIFE REFUGES

Three-Year Monitoring Period to Track, Destroy Any Germinating GE Plants

CASCADING FAILURES THREATEN NEW JERSEY WATER SUPPLIES

Abandonment of Climate Preparedness Work Aggravates Garden State’s Plight