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Placing ‘politics about pollution control’ EPA drops surprise inspections for chemical and power plants

From: Nation of Change

"Environmentalists are furious over the change. “Taking the element of surprise away from inspections decreases their effectiveness, for obvious reasons,” said…

Giving “Upper Hand to Corporate Polluters,” EPA Drops Surprise Inspections

From: Truth Out

"Watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) publicized the development in a press statement on Thursday. It cites a memo, dated July 11,…

The EPA's New 'No Surprise' Policy Protects Everything Except the Environment

From: Esquire

"If it were up to me, I'd want the people who own power plants and chemical factories to wake up every morning in cold dread that someone from the Environmental Protection…

There May Finally be a Move to Crack Down on Noisy National Park Overflights

From: Adventure Journal

"While it seems national parks would be protected from an overabundance of loud flight tours, few flight plans are made or enforced above the parks; it’s a kind…

Bureau of Land Management HQ headed to Grand Junction

From: Sopris Sun

"Each of the 550 agency positions that report to Washington, D.C., were sorted, using four questions: Is the position necessary to deliver the results for its respective…


News Releases

NEW FLORIDA ENVIRONMENT CHIEF HAS POOR ENFORCEMENT RECORD

Latest Numbers Show Fewer New Cases but More Fines than Historic Lows in 2005

EPA RELAXES AIR POLLUTION RULES FOR OIL INDUSTRY

Agency Rejects Petition for Controls on North Slope and Extends Ruling Nationally

WHEN IT RAINS…IT FLOODS

New Jersey Continues to Lose War on Sprawl New Figures Show

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES SEVERELY SHORTCHANGED

Acre-for-Acre, Refuges Get 17 Cents for Every Dollar Spent on National Parks

MANATEE PROTECTIONS TO BE CUT UNDER BUSH PLAN

Down-Listing Comes Despite Record Number of Manatee Fatalities in 2006