What Has the Trump Administration Meant for Water?

by Elizabeth Duan | October 22, 2020
“President Trump loves to say that he wants crystal clear water,” Bob Irvin, president and chief executive of the conservation group American Rivers, told Circle of Blue. “But his administration has adopted policies that will result in dirtier water across the country.” Most people ...

Prosecutions under the Clean Air and Water acts dropped in half after Trump took office

by Elizabeth Duan | October 21, 2020
“In the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Trump said: “I want crystal clean water and air. I want beautiful clean air.” But his administration has done a lot more to cloud the air with pollutants than to protect it. A number of new policies may be ...

Tim Whitehouse and Kevin Bell appear on Everyday Law podcast

by Elizabeth Duan | October 20, 2020
“Tim Whitehouse and Kevin Bell join host, Bob Clark to discuss their work protecting environmental whistleblowers at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.” ...

2020 hindsight on dirty deeds done dirt cheap at Hunters Point

“The former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard on the edge of the San Francisco Bay has been a source of contentious controversy over the past decade. The EPA Superfund site became highly contaminated during the decades in which the shipyard cleaned and refurbished naval vessels that had ...

Could The Presidential Election Affect The Housatonic Cleanup?

by Elizabeth Duan | October 19, 2020
“Last month the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wrapped up a public comment period on its controversial plan to remove toxic PCBs from the Housatonic River. The agency said it hopes to issue its final plan by the end of the year. Tim Whitehouse used to work at the EPA, as a ...