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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

LABOR PONDERS BREAKING UP TROUBLED WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

Splitting Whistleblower Duties between Agencies Likely Does More Harm than Good

NEW JERSEY GUTS NEW PRIVATIZED TOXIC CLEAN-UP RULES

“Safety Cushion” Extended to Polluters at Expense of Public Health

OSHA JOB SAFETY RECORD INITIATIVE IMPLODES

Agency Quietly Pulls Plug on Touted Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program

INSPECTOR GENERAL RIPS OSHA WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

80% of Investigations Found Inadequate; Whistleblowers Win Only 2% of Cases

INTERIOR MAKES BIG STRIDE ON SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY

Secretary Salazar’s Order Could Be Transformative