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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),…
Wetland Mitigation Bank Falls Flat as Gambit for Cargo Container Port
Political Support for Cap & Trade Will Not Overcome Its Practical Shortcomings
Contamination Case in Closed-Door Negotiations for “Non-Regulatory” Resolution
Concrete, Enforceable Policies Needed to Back Scientific and Legal Reform Pledges
Huge Hikes in Allowable Radioactivity in Drinking Water, Air and Soil