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EPA Sued Over Refusal to Release PolyMet Comments

From: The TimberJay

“The federal Environmental Protection Agency is facing a lawsuit over allegations that it prevented its own environmental specialists from providing written comments to Minnesota…

Suit Demands Navy Release Records of Treasure Island Cleanup

From: San Francisco Chronicle

“The 400-acre island — a contaminated former naval base — is already home to 1,800 people. Two years ago, the city broke ground on a massive real estate effort…

No GoFundMe Campaigns For Shutdown Employees, Says Federal Ethics Office

From: Boisie State Public Radio

“During the five-week partial shutdown, thousands of federal employees took to GoFundMe or other online platforms to fundraise for groceries, day care costs or…

EPA Clouding Access To Staffers' Views On Mine, Enviros Say

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…

Lawsuit Filed to Obtain EPA Documents on State PolyMet Permits

From: Duluth News Tribune

“An environmental group claims the Environmental Protection Agency is wrongfully withholding documents that contain staff comments on the state-issued pollution permits…


News Releases

NEW BATTLE AT THE LITTLE BIGHORN

Planned “Temporary” Visitor Center in Center of Battlefield Draws Historians’ Ire

U.S. TRUSTING OIL COMPANIES TO SAFEGUARD ARCTIC WILDLIFE

Industry Permit Plans Not Subjected to Required Peer-Review or Monitoring

CAP & TRADE EMISSIONS CONTROL PLANS HAVE POOR TRACK RECORDS

Three Market-Based Air Pollution Programs This Decade Deemed Failures

NEW JERSEY CHEMICAL PLANT PLAN HAS ONLY VOLUNTARY STANDARDS

Corzine Administration Caves on Governor’s Signature Environmental Issue

OFF-ROADERS BOOTED FROM ARIZONA MONUMENT DUE TO ABUSES

Section of Sonoran Desert National Monument Off-Limits to ORVs for Two-Years