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EPA IS SUED FOR DOCUMENTS ON RADIOACTIVITY GUIDELINES

From: Greenwire

"The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued U.S. EPA today, accusing the agency of withholding records on its contentious guidelines for radioactivity…

JUDGE REJECTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO EPA 'REVOLVING DOOR' INVESTIGATION

From: Texas Lawyer

"An environmental group has lost its bid to view documents about a "revolving door" investigation in which a former federal chemical safety official later advocated…

AMERICA UNITES APPEALS FEDERAL COURT RULING ON PCB REMEDIATION

From: Malibu Times

"Among the disputed rulings in the appeal are the standing of co-plaintiff Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), America Unites’ ability to independently…

EVIDENCE IS MOUNTING THAT A KOCH INDUSTRIES OWNED PAPER MILL IS POISONING PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS

From: Alternet

"Barry Sulkin, an environmental scientist with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, believes Georgia-Pacific’s wastewater…

THE SURPRISING PLACE YOUR CHILD COULD BE EXPOSED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS EVERY DAY

From: ATTN:

""We wish that the remediation had been ordered even sooner, but we’re very happy that we won the merits of the case," Paula Dinerstein, attorney for Public Employees for…


News Releases

INTERIOR FIRST OUT OF THE GATE WITH SCIENCE INTEGRITY RULES

Rules Ban Alteration of Technical Findings and Foster “Free Flow” of Scientific Data

SAFETY OF RIO GRANDE DAMS IN QUESTION

U.S. Agency Sued to Disclose Flooding Maps, Emergency Plans and Dam Conditions

COURT ORDERS REDO OF FEDERAL ORV PLAN FOR MILLIONS OF ACRES IN CALIFORNIA'S WEST MOJAVE DESERT

SAN FRANCISCO— A federal judge Saturday issued an order forcing the Bureau of Land Management to redo its plans for off-road vehicle use on millions of acres of public land in the California desert…

FEDS DROP EFFORT TO SALVAGE BISON RANGE TRIBAL PACT

Refuge Has Not Rehired Staff After Tribal Funding Agreement Rescinded

WILL EPA SIT OUT SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY RULE-MAKING?

Memo Implies EPA Will Not Clarify Scientists’ Right to Publish or Speak with Media