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From: Milbank Monitor
"Government figures show the EPA has hit a 30-year low in the number of pollution cases referred for criminal prosecution. Justice Department data released Tuesday,…
From: Law 360
“U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staffers involved in the Clean Water Act permit process for a $1 billion planned copper and nickel mine in Minnesota told a state agency they…
From: Environment News Service
“Federal biological, pollution, and food safety monitoring has been suspended as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed and forbidden…
From: Kentucky Kernel
“The story reported that EPA referrals resulted in 62 federal convictions in the year 2018, making it the fewest convictions since 1995. Under Bill Clinton’s presidency…
From: The Hill
“Southerland resigned from EPA in early August 2017 and explained her decision in a farewell letter published by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER),…
Permit Withdrawal Throws Eco-Safeguards into Doubt While Adding Years of Delay
Administrator’s Jet-Fueled Climate Change Tour Only Produces Carbon Pollution
Pollution Enforcement Deemphasized in 5-Year Plan Promising Eco-Progress
New Agency Posting Stresses Uncertainty amid Wide Range of Chemical Exposures
Ignoring Massive GHG from Coal Combustion Vitiates State Climate Control Goals