From: Esquire “If it were up to me, I’d want the people who own power plants and chemical factories to wake up every morning in cold dread that someone from the Environmental Protection Agency might drop buy to see what corners we’ve been cutting recently. That way, I ...

From: The Hill “Environmentalists are criticizing the policy change for limiting the tools EPA enforcement officials can use to make sure power plants, chemical facilities and other emitters are not illegally polluting across states. “Taking the element of surprise away from ...

From: Chemical Watch “The US EPA has announced plans to require federal regulators to notify their state counterparts before inspecting power and chemical plants. But despite public outcry over this ‘no surprises’ principle, the agency said that the policy does not spell the end ...

From: Truth Out “Watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) publicized the development in a press statement on Thursday. It cites a memo, dated July 11, 2019, to regional administrators from Susan Bodine, EPA’s Assistant Administrator for Enforcement ...

From: Nation of Change “Environmentalists are furious over the change. “Taking the element of surprise away from inspections decreases their effectiveness, for obvious reasons,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), ...