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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),…
Congress Asks for Review of Effects on Research, Regulation and Enforcement
Lab Closures, Buyouts and Other “Disinvestments” on the Drawing Board
Sharp Drop in New Case Referrals Means Fewer Civil and Criminal Prosecutions
Stealth Repeal of Clean Water Act Protections by Invoking “Sovereign Immunity”
Prosecutions at Risk from Loss of Timely Access to Key Documents