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D.C. District Court Orders EPA to Respond to Climate Change FOIA Request

From: Lexology

“The case offers several key takeaways that could shape future FOIA requests directed to EPA and the agency's responses thereto. First, the D.C. District Court made it…

Florida Dealing With Dead Fish, Toxic Air, as Officials Grasp for Red Tide Solutions

From: UPI

“Dead marine life, including fish and sea turtles, washing ashore represents one of many problems facing Floridians as a red tide worsens along the state's southwest coast.…

EPA: Pruitt Didn't Rely on Science When Making Comment About Climate Change

From: The Hill

“Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt failed to back his reasoning with science when he made a claim last year that humans are not…

EPA Has No Records to Support Pruitt's Warming Claims

From: E&E News

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has fought EPA in court for more than a year to produce scientific evidence for Pruitt's claims, which he made on CNBC's…

Interior Department OKs Use of GMOs on Wildlife Refuges; No Immediate Impact on Montana

From: Missoula Current

“On Friday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Principal Deputy Director Gregory Sheehan sent an internal memo saying he was reversing a 2014 Obama administration…


News Releases

EPA PROMISES STEPS TO PREVENT CHILD-LEAD DUST EXPOSURE

Whistleblower Disclosure Forces Grudging Progress in Housing Renovation Program

HOW PARK BAN ON PLASTIC BOTTLES GOT THROTTLED

Misstatements Masked Lack of Current Data or Consultation Except with Industry

NATIONAL BISON RANGE A GHOST TOWN THIS SUMMER

Visitor Center and Restrooms Closed Two Days a Week at Big Tourist Destination

SF-OWNED HUNTERS POINT PARCELS SOIL TESTING FALSIFIED

EPA Finds 93% of Soil Samples Unreliable on Parcels Transferred to City in 2015

COURT ORDERS PRUITT TO PRODUCE HIS ALTERNATE CLIMATE SCIENCE

EPA Must Look for Any Scientific Study Supporting Pruitt’s Doubts on Human Role