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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

WILL NEW JERSEY OPEN UP ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING?

Corzine Denial of DEP Transparency Rules Creates Opportunity for Christie

NEW FISHING MONITOR SYSTEM SHIRKS MARINE PROTECTIONS

NOAA Plan May Doom Independent Observer Program for Commercial Alternative

NEW SCIENCE RULES FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING SEND MIXED MESSAGE

MMS “Transparency” Mandate Riddled with Welter of Non-Release Categories

PRISON COMPUTER RECYCLING PUT STAFF AND INMATES AT RISK

High Toxic Levels at Three Federal Prisons but Lack of Records Masks Health Effect

CHEMICAL WEAPON STORAGE DEFICIENCIES DETAILED

No Crimes Found but Plenty of Problems at Army’s Blue Grass Depot in Kentucky