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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

BUSH ADMINISTRATION FACES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO 5.5M ACRE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND PLAN

BLM's NECO Plan Reduces Conservation, Harms Desert Tortoise, Biodiversity and Wilderness

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE PASSES GOVERNMENT LAWYER WHISTLEBLOWER BILL

First Major State to Free Public Agency Attorneys to Reveal Confidential Information

ATTACKS ON FEDERAL FOREST, FISH AND RANGE WORKERS ON RISE

Forest Service Violence More Than Doubled in 2001

BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WETLANDS VIOLATIONS INVESTIGATED

Embattled School President in Center of Controversy

WHERE TO PUT 50,000 PRAIRIE DOGS

Prairie Dog Committee to Weigh In On Lubbock Eradication Plan