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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

PROPOSED NEW WATER RULES: HALP EMPTY OR HALF FULL?

Contacts: Jeff Tittel, NJ Sierra Club, (609) 558-9100; Dave Pringle, NJ Env Federation, (732) 996-4288; Bill Wolfe, NJ PEER (609) 397-4861

Trenton - Over the last twenty years,…

BAD AIR AT INTERIOR HQ RECONSTRUCTION ADMITTED

Previous Assurances of Safe Conditions to Employees, Congress and Media Untrue

EPA STRIVES TO SCORE STYLE POINTS

Detailed Style Manual to Aid “Brand Extension” Yet No Plan for Global Warming

U.S. ARMY TO CONTRACT OUT ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF

Call for Congressional Intervention to Avert Litigation

GRILES SEEKS TO ESCAPE JAIL BY WORKING FOR DISNEY

Plea to Judge Blurs Line between Community Service and Corporate Networking