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“In a terse memorandum, seemingly unprompted, the FWS quietly rescinded a hard-won Obama-era legal agreement, which imposed a blanket ban on the pesticides and genetically…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

BLUE GRASS CHEMICAL WEAPON WHISTLEBLOWER HEARING TOMORROW

Current and Ex-Workers Testify on Safety, Preparedness and Culture of Reprisal

EPA TAKES FIRST STEP TO BAN WILDLIFE POISONS

Federal Register Notice Asks for Public Comments on Revoking Registration

HUMAN EXPERIMENT ETHICS REMAIN UNSETTLED AT EPA

Controversy Surrounding EPA Pesticide Experiments on Infants Lingers

NATIONAL SAFETY REVIEW OF WILDLIFE EXTERMINATION PROGRAM

Air Crashes, Bio-Agent Security Lapses and Mega-Poison Misuse Beset Feds

CORPS SLAMS FLORIDA FOR VIOLATING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

Army Corps Refuses to Share Costs of Deficient Everglades Clean Up Projects