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AIR POLLUTION: GREENS SUE CSB OVER ACCIDENTAL RELEASE REPORTING

From: Greenwire

“A coalition of environmental groups today sued the U.S. Chemical Safety Board in a bid to force the agency to increase transparency about accidental chemical releases.…

TRUMP INACTION LEAVES WHISTLE BLOWERS TRAPPED IN A SWAMP

From: Buzzflash

“According to a December 5 Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) news release, whistleblowers who are punished or fired from federal agencies are…

EPA: IG SHELVED AUDIT OF TROUBLED RADIATION CENTER - RECORDS

From: Greenwire

“Even if the follow-up inquiry had found diminished grounds for concern, Ruch said, "there would be broad public interest in knowing why and how much comfort should…

GREAT LAKES, GREAT STAKES: A HOSTILE EPA THREATENS TO UNDO PAST PROGRESS

From: The Progressive

““This administration is unlike any we have seen before,” says Kyla Bennett, director of the New England chapter of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.…

GREEN-WASHED BEHIND THE GILLS

From: Folio Weekly

“I can’t be the only one who does a double-take when I hear what sounds like the strains of “It ain’t easy being green” from the guy whose state DEP’s “non-enforcement…


News Releases

COAST GUARD BACKS NEW SHIPPING LANES FOR ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE

Altered Harbor Approaches to Reduce Ship Strikes on Endangered Marine Mammal

PESTICIDE INDUSTRY PLOTTED BUSH HUMAN TESTING POLICY

Meeting with OMB Staff Laid Out Exemptions for Experiments on Children

EPA SCIENTISTS PROTEST PENDING PESTICIDE APPROVALS

Unacceptable Risk to Children and Political Pressure on Scientists Decried

EPA LEAD CLEANUP PLAN OMITS DAY CARE AND PREGNANT WOMEN

Public Comment Deadline Signals Start of Pitched Legal Battle

HOUSE CHIDES INTERIOR FOR INACTION ON SICK HEADQUARTERS

Budget Asks for “Corrective Action Plan” and an Employee Grievance Process