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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

EPA IS HASTILY DISPOSING OF ITS LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

Orders to Trash Library Holdings Stirs Protests

MASSACHUSETTS LOSING WAR ON SPRAWL UNDER ROMNEY

Fewest Acres Protected in 2006 than in Past 15 Years at Higher Cost per Acre

TRIBE SEEKING TOTAL TAKEOVER OF NATIONAL BISON RANGE

Fish & Wildlife Service May Also Cede Two More Refuges and Five Waterfowl Areas

TOP FLORIDA OFFICIAL ADMITS POLLUTION LINK TO ALGAE BLOOMS

Email to Governor Bush Contradicts Repeated Public Denials of Connection

MASSACHUSETTS SEWAGE STREAMLINING MEANS DIRTIER WATERS

Incoming Governor Left to Deal with Mega Industrial Wastewater Mess