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EPA Chief Loses a Round in Court on Release of Climate Change Studies

From: Government Executive

"A federal judge on Friday scolded Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt for failing to respond to a nonprofit’s Freedom of Information…

Pruitt Ordered to Show Alternate Climate Facts

From: Washington Examiner

"The court order was in response to a lawsuit by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The group’s FOIA request that initiated the suit was…

Hunters Point Shipyard Soil Scandal Widens as Analysis Spots Suspect Parcels

From: San Francisco Chronicle

"Land deemed free of harmful radioactivity and safe for the city to occupy has now come under question as the scandal over the purported cleanup of San…

Judge Brings EPA to Fore on Climate Change Position

From: Courthouse News

"The environmental nonprofit sought the records because Pruitt’s statement directly contradicts the EPA’s own conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels is the…

Workers Ask EPA To Enforce St. Johns River Discharge Limits

From: Law360

"A group representing public environmental workers asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday to enforce wastewater discharge permit limits for the St. Johns…


News Releases

PARK RANGER NUMBERS SHRINK AS VISITATION SWELLS

Fewer Permanent and Seasonal Law Enforcement Rangers than a Decade Ago

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BECOMING JUST A PLATITUDE AT EPA

New “Action Plan” Neuters Enforceable Protection for Overburdened Communities

HEATED RHETORIC ON NEVADA MONUMENT INVITES CONFRONTATION

Federal Employees in the West Put in Crosshairs by Superheated Political Rhetoric

FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT – HOW LOW CAN IT GO?

Slight Uptick in 2014 Continues Precipitous Across-the-Board Enforcement Decline

FEDS FIND GAPING HOLES IN CAL/OSHA SAFETY NET

Serious Enforcement and Inspection Failures Put California Workers at Risk