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RYAN ZINKE'S GREAT AMERICAN FIRE SALE

From: The New Yorker

"In a speech to the National Petroleum Council last September, Zinke claimed that a third of the career civil servants under his command were “not loyal to the…

AS SCIENTISTS MARCH, FEDERAL RESEARCHERS WEATHER TRUMP STORM

From: Wired

"It’s more benign neglect,” Ruch says of Trump-administration leadership at various agencies. “Science isn’t being used to inform decision making. They don’t need it, they…

AFTER BILLION-DOLLAR SUPERFUND CLEANUP, FOIA'D DOCUMENTS SHOW QUESTIONABLE DATA

From: Muckrock

"In what’s been dubbed the “biggest case of eco-fraud in U.S. history,” a contractor paid over $300 million to help clean a Cold War nuclear laboratory appears to have…

S.F. SUPERVISOR CALLS FOR HEARING INTO HUNTERS POINT CLEANUP

From: KQED News

"San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen is calling for a hearing into problems plaguing the cleanup of radioactive material from the Hunters Point Shipyard, after a federal…

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…


News Releases

ONE IN FIVE STATES STRENGTHENED WHISTLEBLOWER LAWS THIS YEAR

Cash-Strapped States See Whistleblowers as Assets in Fighting Waste and Fraud

WHY THE BREAKUP OF MMS WON’T WORK

Interior Itself Part of Problem; Broader Solutions Required

HAWAII SHOULD BRACE FOR MAJOR HURRICANE, SAYS FEMA REPORT

Deep Infrastructure Damage May Hinder Relief Efforts and Government Operations

EPA SCIENCE DIVORCED FROM NEEDS AND DISCOMBOBULATED

Science Advisory Board Seeks Better Integration of Science into Agency Decisions

OFF-ROAD ABUSES PROMPT CALL FOR PROBE OF BLM-NEVADA

Recreation Planner Resigns in Frustration After “Body Part” Incident in Ghost Town