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Bill Nelson, Rick Scott point fingers at each other about Florida's environmental woes

From: Florida Today

“According to Florida Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the state's Department of Environmental Protection opened some 1,600 investigations into…

Young: Is This the Moment of Truth For Trump’s EPA? No Way

From: My Stateman

“A group called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has sued under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the evidence that Pruitt used to support…

Trump Keeps Trying to Kill Agency That Investigates Chemical Plant Disasters

From: Reveal News

“The Trump administration argues that the Chemical Safety Board duplicates the work of other federal agencies. Administration budget documents also cite unspecified…

Trump Quietly OK’s Bioengineered Farming on Wildlife Refuges

From: The Nation

“In a terse memorandum, seemingly unprompted, the FWS quietly rescinded a hard-won Obama-era legal agreement, which imposed a blanket ban on the pesticides and genetically…

Survey: Many Federal Researchers Say Politics Trump Science and Are Afraid to Speak Up

From: USA Today

“Scores of scientists working for the federal government say that under the Trump administration, political concerns outweigh scientific rigor and budget cuts hamper…


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