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Bill Nelson, Rick Scott point fingers at each other about Florida's environmental woes

From: Florida Today

“According to Florida Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the state's Department of Environmental Protection opened some 1,600 investigations into…

Young: Is This the Moment of Truth For Trump’s EPA? No Way

From: My Stateman

“A group called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has sued under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the evidence that Pruitt used to support…

Trump Keeps Trying to Kill Agency That Investigates Chemical Plant Disasters

From: Reveal News

“The Trump administration argues that the Chemical Safety Board duplicates the work of other federal agencies. Administration budget documents also cite unspecified…

Trump Quietly OK’s Bioengineered Farming on Wildlife Refuges

From: The Nation

“In a terse memorandum, seemingly unprompted, the FWS quietly rescinded a hard-won Obama-era legal agreement, which imposed a blanket ban on the pesticides and genetically…

Survey: Many Federal Researchers Say Politics Trump Science and Are Afraid to Speak Up

From: USA Today

“Scores of scientists working for the federal government say that under the Trump administration, political concerns outweigh scientific rigor and budget cuts hamper…


News Releases

CREEPING CORPORATIZATION OF NATIONAL PARKS

Summit Promoting a Billion Dollar Private Endowment for Parks

CHRISTIE GUTS VAPOR INTRUSION SAFEGUARDS

New Jersey Puts Private Consultants in Public Health Driver’s Seat

HIGH-LEVEL LOWBALL IN GULF DEEPWATER CRISIS

Scientific Integrity Complaint Details Official Underestimation of BP Spill Rate

PRICE NO OBJECT FOR FEDERAL REFUGE LAND PURCHASES

Consideration of Land Costs “Optimizes” Both Economic and Ecological Benefits

EPA CORRECTS CLEANUP STANDARD FOR INDUSTRIAL SOLVENT

Agency Mistakenly Relaxed 1,4 Dioxane Standard by More Than 50-Fold