Tags

Journalists: Please sign up for PEERmedia to receive all our recent releases, documents and other information that affect not only public employees, but the public at large.


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

EPA OVERSIGHT OF STATE PERMITS EVAPORATING

Staff Ordered Not to Transmit Comments Even on Controversial Projects

EPA PRESS OFFICE DISTRIBUTES TRUMP CAMPAIGN PROMO

U.S. Special Counsel Asked to Look at EPA Press Office Hatch Act Violations

BERNHARDT BRAGS OF INTERIOR ETHICS TURNAROUND

Claims Progress in Stemming “Avalanche of Ethical Misconduct” across All Bureaus

COURT ORDERS DISCLOSURE OF CHEMICAL ACCIDENT EMISSIONS

Chemical Safety Board Shirked Its Clean Air Act Mandate to Protect Communities

BLM CUTS ENGINEERING OVERSIGHT OF AGING TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE

BLM Alaska Downsizing Reduces Both Staff and Oil Company Reimbursements