Environmental Protection Agency

News Releases

BACKYARD MOSQUITO MISTING SYSTEMS USE FALSE ADVERTISING

FTC Complaint Targets Dangerously Deceptive Claims of Safety and Efficacy

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BECOMING JUST A PLATITUDE AT EPA

New “Action Plan” Neuters Enforceable Protection for Overburdened Communities

TURF LOBBYISTS CULTIVATE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

CPSC Depends on Artificial Turf Industry for Scientific and Enforcement Guidance

EGREGIOUS EPA MISCONDUCT DELIVERS WHISTLEBLOWER WIN

Judge Sanctions EPA for Concealing Evidence and Vindicates WTC Whistleblower

EPA FRACKING DISCHARGE PERMITS ON INDIAN LANDS APPEALED

Fracking Fluids Dumped into Stream for Livestock on Wind River Reservation

EPA AGREES TO ADDRESS RISKS TO 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS

Whistleblower Petition Forces EPA to Examine Its Lax Corrosive Dust Limits

EPA HAS SAME CONFLICTS FAULTED IN HYUNDAI-KIA MILEAGE FRAUD

Agency Combines Automotive Regulatory Function with Industry R&D Partnerships

JUSTICE PUSHES WHISTLEBLOWER BOUNTIES AS EPA ABANDONS THEM

Declining EPA Prosecutions Reflect Low Priority for Corporate Pollution vs. Fraud

END DUMPING OF FRACKING FLUIDS

Rulemaking Petition Urges EPA to Ban Surface Discharge of Fracking Fluids

EPA SUED FOR 9/11 FIRST RESPONDER NEGLECT

Woefully Lax EPA Corrosive Dust Standards Endanger Responders and Residents



White Papers
Trading Thin AirEPA's Plan to Allow Open Market Trading of Air Pollution Credits (June 2000)
This report details the problems plaguing EPA plans for open market trading of air pollution credits and explains their consequences for public health and the environment. more >>

Murky WatersAn Inside Look at EPA's Implementation of the Clean Water Act (May 1999)
An inside look at EPA's implementation of the Clean Water Act. This report contains a set of recommendations to remedy the deficiencies in the water quailty assesment for our nation's rivers and streams. more >>

Genetic GenieThe Premature Commercial Release of Genetically Engineered Bacteria (August 1995)
The EPA is preparing to approve the first commercial release of genetically engineered bacteria for use in agriculture. EPA scientists charge that the agency has not adequately assessed the environmental or human health risks of releasing this new life form into the environment. more >>

Surveys
2010  2010 EPA Criminal Investigation Division Agents Survey

2003  EPA Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics & Training Survey

2003  2003 PEER Survey of EPA Region 8 Employees

1998  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 1 Survey

Other PEER Activities
PEER Campaign: EPA and Human Testing

PEER Opposition to the Confirmation of Donald Schregardus as Assistant Administrator for Enforcement & Compliance Assurance (OECA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Read PEER's comments on the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) proposed rulemaking