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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

STAFF “PURGE” AT OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

Whistleblower Staff Claiming Retaliation Forced Moves to New

NATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS GROUP RELEASES "A REPORTER'S GUIDE TO WILDLAND FIRE"

"We need to learn how to live with wildland fire" Wildland Firefighters Seek to "Change the Debate"

MISSISSIPPI BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN SHARPLY IN ‘04

New Numbers May Be Death Knell for Big Locks Project

COURT RULES BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S OFF-ROAD PLAN IS ILLEGAL THREAT TO DESERT WEB-OF-LIFE

To help recovery, off-road vehicles ordered off 572,000 acres of desert tortoise critical habitat

TERMINATED PARK POLICE CHIEF APPLIES FOR OLD JOB

Application Follows Petition that Cites 40 Legal Errors Made by Judge