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How Long Can We Go without Prosecuting Polluters?

From: Sierra Club

“According to numbers released on Tuesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit that tracks environmental accountability in the…

California Environmental Law & Policy Update: GAO Investigating EPA's Low Enforcement Numbers

From: JD Supra

“The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has launched an investigation into declining enforcement actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against…

EPA Lax On Enforcement, Says Environmental Group

From: Boise State Public Radio

“The critical analysis comes from the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. It shows the federal government referred significantly…

With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe?

From: The Nation

“The shutdown adds more disorder to the government’s halting efforts to keep communities lead-free. As the top enforcer of the Safe Drinking Water Act and lead-safety…

Firm at Center of Hunters Point Fraud Scandal Rewarded With More Government Work

From: Curbed SF

“Tetra Tech, the engineering firm paid more than $250 million by the U.S. Navy to remove radioactive contamination from San Francisco’s Hunters Point has so far escaped…


News Releases

PRUITT HIJACKS NATIONAL STREAM AND WETLANDS PROTECTIONS

Pruitt Strips EPA Offices of Decision Power on Pebble Mine and Other Big Projects

ASSAULT RIFLE SLAUGHTER OF WOLVES OUTSIDE DENALI

Alaska Belatedly Imposes No-Hunt Buffer to Avert Wolf Population Implosion

EPA POLLUTION ENFORCEMENT SHRIVELS ACROSS THE BOARD

Pruitt Pushing Polluter Settlements behind Closed Doors for “Informal” Handling

TRUMP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL SECURITY RISK

President Creates Climate Miasma in Contradicting Both Himself and His Pentagon

BAY STATE SOUTH COAST RAIL PLAN TETHERED TO A LEAD BALLOON

Retaining Controversial Stoughton Alternative Dooms the Entire Plan to Failure