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From: Milbank Monitor
"Government figures show the EPA has hit a 30-year low in the number of pollution cases referred for criminal prosecution. Justice Department data released Tuesday,…
From: Law 360
“U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staffers involved in the Clean Water Act permit process for a $1 billion planned copper and nickel mine in Minnesota told a state agency they…
From: Environment News Service
“Federal biological, pollution, and food safety monitoring has been suspended as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed and forbidden…
From: Kentucky Kernel
“The story reported that EPA referrals resulted in 62 federal convictions in the year 2018, making it the fewest convictions since 1995. Under Bill Clinton’s presidency…
From: The Hill
“Southerland resigned from EPA in early August 2017 and explained her decision in a farewell letter published by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER),…
Lisa Jackson and DEP Brass Decided to Proceed As If New Data Did Not Exist
PEER Lawsuit Prompts Belated Disclosure of Major Unresolved Public Health Issues
Early Test of Obama/Holder Doctrine on Freedom of Information Act Openness
Rep. Frank Says EPA Will Bar Anyone with a “Record of Hostility” to Pet Project
U.S. EPA and Army Corps to Begin Take-Over of State Permits and Enforcement