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UNITED STATES: PS complaints tribunal suspended

From: PSNews

"Senior Counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Paula Dinerstein said that through its inattention, the White House had caused a merit system…

House Democrats Call Upon Zinke To Explain Forced Transfer of Dan Wenk

From: Mountain Journal

"In a letter sent to Zinke Friday, June 22, U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman of California, who serves as the Democrat’s vice-ranking member of the committee, wrote, “we…

EPA’s Criminal Enforcement Numbers Are Dropping Under Pruitt

From: Government Executive

"At a time when the Environmental Protection Agency has tripled the number of bodyguards for the administrator, the agency’s cases brought against polluters…

For Pollinator Week, Help Ban Pesticide Misters in Your State

From: Beyond Pesticides

"In 2015, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, detailing false and deceptive claims…

EPA Loses 10 percent of Enforcement Staff Under Trump

From: Green Car Reports

"If the EPA wants to reduce federal involvement in environmental protection, it may not need to roll back emissions requirements or cancel California's environmental…


News Releases

BOCA RATON TAP WATER VIOLATIONS TRIGGER HEALTH PROBE

Chronic Low Pressure Problems Risk Microbial Contamination and Boil Orders

LAWSUIT ENDS GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS ON WILDLIFE REFUGE

Ruling on Delaware’s Prime Hook May Affect Farming on Scores of Other Refuges

$100 MILLION STILL OWED FROM EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL

U.S. and Alaska Fail to Collect $92 Million Damage Claim Filed Back in 2006

FORMER GOVERNOR MILLIKEN SPEAKS UP TO SAVE WETLANDS PROGRAM

Iconic Republican Says Repeal of Wetlands Law “Not in the Interests of Michigan”

GAS DRILLING DIVIDES ANOTHER NATIONAL FOREST

Damage to Endangered Bat Caves and Toxic Pits Plague Monongahela NF