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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

HIGH CHROMIUM DANGER KNOWN BY NEW JERSEY LEADERS SINCE 2007

Lisa Jackson and DEP Brass Decided to Proceed As If New Data Did Not Exist

NATIONAL PARKS SHOULD STICK TO THEIR GUNS ON LEAD AMMO BAN

Diverse Coalition Urges Secretary Salazar to Meet Goal of Going Lead-Free by 2010

EPA RELEASES LIBBY CLEAN-UP REPORT

PEER Lawsuit Prompts Belated Disclosure of Major Unresolved Public Health Issues

BOCA RATON WATER CONTAMINATION TRIGGERS HEALTH SANCTIONS

One Whistleblower Restored as Extensive Probe of City Utility Operations Expands

REGIONAL WATER BOARD ORDERS CLEAN-UP OF RUBICON TRAIL

Iconic off-road trail has lost its way