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Placing ‘politics about pollution control’ EPA drops surprise inspections for chemical and power plants

From: Nation of Change

"Environmentalists are furious over the change. “Taking the element of surprise away from inspections decreases their effectiveness, for obvious reasons,” said…

Giving “Upper Hand to Corporate Polluters,” EPA Drops Surprise Inspections

From: Truth Out

"Watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) publicized the development in a press statement on Thursday. It cites a memo, dated July 11,…

The EPA's New 'No Surprise' Policy Protects Everything Except the Environment

From: Esquire

"If it were up to me, I'd want the people who own power plants and chemical factories to wake up every morning in cold dread that someone from the Environmental Protection…

There May Finally be a Move to Crack Down on Noisy National Park Overflights

From: Adventure Journal

"While it seems national parks would be protected from an overabundance of loud flight tours, few flight plans are made or enforced above the parks; it’s a kind…

Bureau of Land Management HQ headed to Grand Junction

From: Sopris Sun

"Each of the 550 agency positions that report to Washington, D.C., were sorted, using four questions: Is the position necessary to deliver the results for its respective…


News Releases

SUIT TO AIR INTERNAL EPA PROTESTS ON RADIATION EXPOSURE PLAN

Experts’ Objections to Radically Higher Radiation Exposure Levels Yet to Be Seen

PEER ENDORSES BOLD POSITION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH

Groups Uniting Across Political Spectrum

KATRINA CLEAN-UP RIFE WITH FRAUD AND MAYHEM

Documents Prompt Call for Review of Army Corps Contractor Supervision

PROFESSOR STRIPPED OF NOAA FUNDING FOR ADVOCACY

University of Alaska President Upholds Grant Removal and Office Eviction

CALIFORNIA TO SET FIRST HEX CHROMIUM DRINKING WATER LEVEL

Public Health Advocates Urge Adoption of Safe Standard Found by Science Agency