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Malibu residents oppose plans to consolidate PCB removal with new construction

From: Santa Monica Daily Press

“PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) released a press release Dec. 5 claiming SMMUSD’s proposed 5-year Polychlorinated Biphenyls…

TETRA TECH SAYS IT WILL PAY FOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW IN DATA FALSIFICATION SCANDAL

From: San Francisco Examiner

"Responding to mounting concerns by both federal agencies and community watchdog groups about the integrity of the company’s radiological testing and decontamination…

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP CONTRACTOR SAYS HUNTERS POINT WORK WAS DONE BY THE BOOK

From: San Francisco Business Times

"The Pasadena-based corporation has been accused of fraud by the Navy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates,…

EPA LETTER REVEALS NAVY'S DOWNPLAY OF RADIOACTIVE SOIL IN SF'S BAYVIEW

From: ABC7News

"This week, the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility published a letter to the Navy. In it, the EPA says they found 90 and 97 percent of the soil samples…

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK GETS NEW SUPERINTENDENT IN TRUMP SHUFFLE

From: SFGate

“The acting director of the National Park Service was shuffled out of his job Wednesday, reassigned to head Yosemite National Park while being replaced with a retired parks…


News Releases

CALIFORNIA FINDS CLOSING PARKS NOT SO EASY

Liabilities, Lawsuits and Losses Threaten to Swallow Savings from Park Shutdowns

REWARD OFFERED FOR OHV VANDALS WHO TRASHED MEADOW

Sacramento - Conservationists are offering a reward for information leading to the identification and conviction of dirt bikers who damaged a beautiful mountain meadow that is vital habitat for the…

FUEL TAX SURPLUS COULD SAVE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS

Funds Earmarked for Off-Road Recreation Which Generates Only 1/6th of Revenue

COMMERCIAL AQUACULTURE IN WILDERNESS PUSHED BY KEY SENATOR

Point Reyes National Seashore Oyster Farm Dispute Opens Legal Can of Worms

REGIONAL WATER BOARD ORDERS CLEAN-UP OF RUBICON TRAIL

Iconic off-road trail has lost its way