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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

CANAVERAL SUPERINTENDENT KICKED UPSTAIRS TO NON-JOB

“Strategic Planning” Posting Highlights Park Service Accountability Blind Spot

TRAIL OF TEARS ILLEGALLY DEFACED BY FOREST SERVICE

Agency Apologizes for Destroying Sacred Sites but Offers No Atonement

COURT FINDS TOXIC VIOLATIONS IN MALIBU SCHOOLS

Judge Finds that PCBs Exist Throughout the Schools and Must be Cleaned Up

OFF-ROAD RACE THROUGH NEVADA MONUMENT ABORTED

USAF Helicopter Crash on Race’s Eve Closed Basin & Range Monument Course Leg

EPA SHOULD KEEP OVERSIGHT OF FLORIDA DRINKING WATER

State Potable Water Program Is a Shambles and Getting Significantly Worse