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D.C. District Court Orders EPA to Respond to Climate Change FOIA Request

From: Lexology

“The case offers several key takeaways that could shape future FOIA requests directed to EPA and the agency's responses thereto. First, the D.C. District Court made it…

Florida Dealing With Dead Fish, Toxic Air, as Officials Grasp for Red Tide Solutions

From: UPI

“Dead marine life, including fish and sea turtles, washing ashore represents one of many problems facing Floridians as a red tide worsens along the state's southwest coast.…

EPA: Pruitt Didn't Rely on Science When Making Comment About Climate Change

From: The Hill

“Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt failed to back his reasoning with science when he made a claim last year that humans are not…

EPA Has No Records to Support Pruitt's Warming Claims

From: E&E News

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has fought EPA in court for more than a year to produce scientific evidence for Pruitt's claims, which he made on CNBC's…

Interior Department OKs Use of GMOs on Wildlife Refuges; No Immediate Impact on Montana

From: Missoula Current

“On Friday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Principal Deputy Director Gregory Sheehan sent an internal memo saying he was reversing a 2014 Obama administration…


News Releases

CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD PERSONNEL CASE SETTLES

Courthouse Steps Agreement Means Thursday MSPB Hearing Is Cancelled

NAVY BURIES FOREVER CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION IN SOCAL

Lawsuit Seeks Data on PFAS Plumes Under Closed El Toro and Tustin Air Stations

ARCTIC REFUGE DRILLING SCIENTIFIC CONCERNS SUPPRESSED

Memos Outlining Major Environmental and Public Health Information Gaps Buried

LEADERSHIP TRANSITION AT PEER

Tim Whitehouse New PEER Executive Director; Jeff Ruch to Open Pacific Chapter

EPA PLAN TO SHIRK POLLUTION PROSECUTION ROLE

Corporate Compliance Now Presumed Despite Evaporation of Enforcement