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Judge Holds Feds to the Fire on Chemical-Spill Reporting

From: Courthouse News Service

“As public interest organizations, the plaintiffs argued that delays in reporting of accidental emissions make their job of raising community awareness…

Federal Judge Orders Chemical Safety Board to Require Disclosure of Chemical Emissions from Accidents

From: Washington Post

“Mehta observed that the agency has had more than 20 years — far in excess of any “unreasonable delay” — to promulgate a final regulation and ordered the board…

Trump to Nominate Bernhardt as Interior Secretary

From: Politico

“Nine of Interior’s 17 political positions are empty, according to a list compiled by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental group made up…

Is Tampa Sewage Polluting the Bay? No, Says City. Yes, Says Environmental Group

From: Tampa Bay Times

“An environmental group is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to step in to correct what it says is the state’s failure to fix repeated violations…

Suit on Obligations for Documenting Decisions Dismissed

From: FedWeek

“A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that could have better defined the responsibilities of agency officials to create and keep records related to their decisions,…


News Releases

CRIST ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE FIZZLES

Fewer Pollution Fines Assessed While More Uncollected in Across-the-Board Decline

WESTPORT WETLANDS WHISTLEBLOWERS WIN

Settlement Affirms Conservation Commissioners’ Right to Act Free from Politics

NEW JERSEY SLAPS GAG ORDER ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS

Embarrassing Chromium Study Prompts Management Review of Scientific Findings

LAWSUIT TO FORCE EPA TO REVEAL ITS RESEARCH PLANS

Bush-Era “Transformation” of EPA Science Arm Rests on New “Business Model”

TERESA CHAMBERS FINALLY TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS

Long Ordeal of “Honest Chief” Underscores Need to Reform Whistleblower Laws