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Malibu residents oppose plans to consolidate PCB removal with new construction

From: Santa Monica Daily Press

“PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) released a press release Dec. 5 claiming SMMUSD’s proposed 5-year Polychlorinated Biphenyls…

TETRA TECH SAYS IT WILL PAY FOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW IN DATA FALSIFICATION SCANDAL

From: San Francisco Examiner

"Responding to mounting concerns by both federal agencies and community watchdog groups about the integrity of the company’s radiological testing and decontamination…

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP CONTRACTOR SAYS HUNTERS POINT WORK WAS DONE BY THE BOOK

From: San Francisco Business Times

"The Pasadena-based corporation has been accused of fraud by the Navy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates,…

EPA LETTER REVEALS NAVY'S DOWNPLAY OF RADIOACTIVE SOIL IN SF'S BAYVIEW

From: ABC7News

"This week, the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility published a letter to the Navy. In it, the EPA says they found 90 and 97 percent of the soil samples…

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK GETS NEW SUPERINTENDENT IN TRUMP SHUFFLE

From: SFGate

“The acting director of the National Park Service was shuffled out of his job Wednesday, reassigned to head Yosemite National Park while being replaced with a retired parks…


News Releases

JUDGE GREENLIGHTS MALIBU SCHOOL PCB LAWSUIT

District Spending Tops $6 Million in Steps to Avoid Complete Cleanup

SETTLEMENT LIMITS OFF-ROAD VEHICLE ROUTES FOR INYO COUNTY’S ADVENTURE TRAILS

BISHOP, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Inyo County today settled a lawsuit on the so-called “Adventure Trails” pilot project, limiting…

SCHOOL DISTRICT’S OWN TESTS SHOW SHOCKING PCB LEVELS

Highly Toxic Classrooms Still Occupied with No Abatement Date Slated

FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO FORCE TOXIC CLEANUP OF MALIBU SCHOOLS

Immediate Removal of PCBs above Legal Limits and School-Wide Testing Sought

LAWSUIT FILED ON INYO COUNTY'S ADVENTURE TRAILS

Ill-conceived Plan Would Turn Owens Valley Into Noisy, Polluted ORV Playground