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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

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