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EPA Chief Loses a Round in Court on Release of Climate Change Studies

From: Government Executive

"A federal judge on Friday scolded Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt for failing to respond to a nonprofit’s Freedom of Information…

Pruitt Ordered to Show Alternate Climate Facts

From: Washington Examiner

"The court order was in response to a lawsuit by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The group’s FOIA request that initiated the suit was…

Hunters Point Shipyard Soil Scandal Widens as Analysis Spots Suspect Parcels

From: San Francisco Chronicle

"Land deemed free of harmful radioactivity and safe for the city to occupy has now come under question as the scandal over the purported cleanup of San…

Judge Brings EPA to Fore on Climate Change Position

From: Courthouse News

"The environmental nonprofit sought the records because Pruitt’s statement directly contradicts the EPA’s own conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels is the…

Workers Ask EPA To Enforce St. Johns River Discharge Limits

From: Law360

"A group representing public environmental workers asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday to enforce wastewater discharge permit limits for the St. Johns…


News Releases

LAST GASP FOR FISH IN THE CANEY FORK RIVER

Tennessee Clean Water Network (TCWN) and PEER Releases Report on Center Hill Dam

CHEMICAL WEAPON LEAK DETECTORS INOPERATIVE

Monitors for VX Agent at Kentucky Storage Depot Not Working for Years

SCHEDULING BARGES CAN REDUCE CONGESTION AND IMPROVE SAFETY

But Corps-Funded Study Finds Upper Mississippi Traffic Too Low to Justify Scheduling

FEDERAL PRISONS ADMIT TOXIC EXPOSURE OF STAFF & INMATES

Discipline of Officials Promised for Ignoring Computer Recycling Safety Warnings

DEP CLEAN WATER CONSULTANT ALSO WORKS FOR POLLUTERS

“Ethical Swamp” Persists Despite Acting Governor’s Ethics Reform Pledge