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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

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