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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

REFINERY EXPLOSIONS HIGHLIGHT LACK OF EMISSION REPORTING

Mandated New Rule to Give Communities and Responders Key Information

DIRTY RECS FOUL RENEWABLE ENERGY IN MARYLAND

Incineration and other dirty fuels dressed up and sold as “green” to consumers

Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Nydia Velázquez join agricultural and health experts and environmental advocates for congressional briefing on toxic pesticides

WASHINGTON— A coalition of environmental and public interest organizations will hold a congressional briefing Wednesday to discuss the devastating impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides. The briefing will…

CHANCES OF SEEING DENALI WOLVES IN THE WILD NOW REMOTE

1% Viewing Success Record Low After State Eliminated No-Hunt Buffers

TOXIC FOREVER CHEMICALS INFEST ARTIFICIAL TURF

Processing aids that contaminate synthetic turf with PFAS may be in other plastic goods