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How Long Can We Go without Prosecuting Polluters?

From: Sierra Club

“According to numbers released on Tuesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit that tracks environmental accountability in the…

California Environmental Law & Policy Update: GAO Investigating EPA's Low Enforcement Numbers

From: JD Supra

“The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has launched an investigation into declining enforcement actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against…

EPA Lax On Enforcement, Says Environmental Group

From: Boise State Public Radio

“The critical analysis comes from the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. It shows the federal government referred significantly…

With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe?

From: The Nation

“The shutdown adds more disorder to the government’s halting efforts to keep communities lead-free. As the top enforcer of the Safe Drinking Water Act and lead-safety…

Firm at Center of Hunters Point Fraud Scandal Rewarded With More Government Work

From: Curbed SF

“Tetra Tech, the engineering firm paid more than $250 million by the U.S. Navy to remove radioactive contamination from San Francisco’s Hunters Point has so far escaped…


News Releases

WIDELY USED ANTIBACTERIAL TRICLOSAN SHOULD BE BANNED

Rising Threat to Human Health and Environment Yet No More Effective than Soap

CALL TO REGULATE DRILLING ON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

To Avert Damage from Shale Gas Boom, Refuges Urged to Adopt Park Service Rules

GULAG EPA - REPORT FINDS DISCRIMINATION MELTDOWN

Ineffective EPA Civil Rights Office “Lost Sight of Its Mission and Priorities”

STUPOR OVER STUPA AFFLICTS PARK SERVICE

Leadership Paralysis on Handling Religious Displays in National Parks

NOAA SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY PLAN HAS BIG GAPS TO FILL IN

Unresolved Tension between Transparency and Management Content Control