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EPA Quietly Telling States They Can Pollute More

From: CNN

“The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly signaled it may allow states to release more ozone air pollution, commonly known as smog, dirtying the air in those states…

Chemical Safety Board Delays Closed-Door Meeting

From: Bloomberg Environment

“Leaders at a small federal agency that probes major industrial disasters Oct. 31 scrapped an unusual closed-door meeting that had been announced with little…

Overfile Request/Clean Water Act: PEER's October 29th Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4

From: JD Supra

“PEER’s October 29th Overfile Request states that Venice operates a wastewater discharge facility (“Facility”) pursuant to an NPDES permit. The Facility is stated to…

Scott Promised to Be the Greenest Governor, But Wound Up Labeled 'Red Tide Rick'

From: Tampa Bay Times

“But his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by incumbent Bill Nelson has been haunted by scenes of environmental disaster from around the state: Gulf and Atlantic…

Ryan Zinke's Interior Is a Mess

From: Outside Online

“Nearly two years into the Trump administration, the DOI, for instance, has nearly as many of these vacant positions that must be appointed by the president and…


News Releases

TRIBE MEMBERS HAVE LONG HISTORY OF GAME VIOLATIONS

Seattle City Council Poised to Cede White River Game Management to Muckleshoot

NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY ISSUES GAG ORDER TO STAFF

Mounting Scandals Creating “Bunker Mentality” Inside Troubled Agency

ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER IS LAST WASTE DUMP

State Pocked by Thousands of Hazardous Waste Sites with Little Monitoring

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY JOINS COALITION SEEKING GUNNISON SAGE-GROUSE PROTECTION

TELLURIDE, COLO. – San Miguel County in Colorado has formally joined an effort to protect the Gunnison sage-grouse under the federal Endangered Species Act. The County’s action is in response to a decision…

LEGISLATURE TO PROBE TOXIC COLLAPSE IN NEW JERSEY

Series of Cleanup Fiascoes Have Communities Feeling Betrayed and Vulnerable