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Senators Call for New Safety Board Leader

From: E&E News

“Prominent Senate Republicans have added themselves to the list of lawmakers calling for the White House to nominate a new Chemical Safety Board chair. The Trump administration…

Agency 'Hemorrhaging' Taxpayer Dollars — Watchdog

From: Greenwire

“A government watchdog is criticizing the Chemical Safety Board for lacking transparency and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in a personnel case involving…

Why The EPA Won’t Get The Lead Out Of Our Water

From: The National Memo

“Public employees are pushing the EPA to rewrite its regulations which have helped enable crises like Flint, Mich., and now Newark, N.J. An estimated 15 million…

Interior Credits Increased Fossil Fuel Production for Jump in Revenue from Federal Lands

From: The Hill

“At least one Conservation group regarded the report and its numbers with heavy skepticism--nothing that fiscal 2017 extends into the Obama administration. The year begins…

Ravenwoode: Saving America’s Wild Horses from Slaughter

From: Lake County News

“Well-intentioned BLM whistleblowers have not stopped the slaughter. Even years of media investigative reporting, which has chronicled widespread abuses, have…


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