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Is Trump Using the Shutdown to Serve Energy and Hunting Special Interests?

From: TruthOut

“Several moves by the Interior Department to bring back furloughed staff to attend to oil and gas activities aren’t sitting well with some elected officials. Arizona’s…

Is the Trump Administration ‘Gaming the Shutdown’ to Serve Energy and Hunting Special Interests?

From: The Revelator

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit that advocates for public employees who work on environmental issues,…

Gaming the System

From: The Washington Post

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental advocacy group, is calling on the Government Accountability Office to probe whether the…

Government Shutdown Becomes a ‘Polluters Holiday’

From: Environment News Service

“Federal biological, pollution, and food safety monitoring has been suspended as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed and forbidden…

EPA should be making more criminal referrals for polluters

From: Kentucky Kernel

“The story reported that EPA referrals resulted in 62 federal convictions in the year 2018, making it the fewest convictions since 1995. Under Bill Clinton’s presidency…


News Releases

WHITE HOUSE SHIELDS INDUSTRY STRATEGY MEMO ON GE CROPS

White House Refuses to Reveal Scope of Partnership with Monsanto and Cohorts

TWENTY SEVEN NEW JERSEY SUPERFUND-ELIGIBLE SITES LEFT OFF LIST

EPA Still Reviewing Status of Unknown Number of Garden State Toxic Hotspots

WATER GAP TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR LEGALLY VULNERABLE

Concessions to Industry and Skewed Review Will Fuel Lawsuits

DUPONT POMPTON LAKE POLLUTION MAY BE HEADED DOWNSTREAM

DEP Scientists’ Questions Could Prompt Feds to Expand DuPont Cleanup Scope

CLIMATE SCIENCE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND GETS NEW BACKING

PEER Sponsors Effort to Counter Fossil-Fueled Attacks on Climate Scientists