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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

FEDERALS CONSIDER PROTECTION FOR IMPERILED CHERRY POINT HERRING

Scientists initiate status review in response to citizen petition

COURT FINDS BUSH ADMINISTRATION DESERT SPECIES PERMITS ILLEGAL

Landmark decision finds U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service used illegal definition

WYOMING WILD HORSE HERD ON BRINK OF STARVATION

Emergency Removal of Horses But Not Cattle Inspector General Report on Grazing Enforcement Stalled

BUSH ADMINISTRATION HACKS DUNES ENDANGERED SPECIES CRITICAL HABITAT

Local FWS biologists' science-based proposal gutted

CORPS VIOLATES ITS OWN RULES ON MISSISSIPPI STUDY

$70 Million "Draft" Is Internally Inconsistent, Intentionally Inaccurate & Incomplete