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EPA Officials Exposed Whistleblowers Three Minutes After Receiving Confidential Complaint

by Elizabeth Duan | September 30, 2021
“Within minutes of receiving a complaint from four Environmental Protection Agency whistleblowers in late June, an agency official shared the document with six EPA staffers, including at least one who was named in it, according to records obtained through the Freedom of Information ...

Call to Action Urging U.S. Interior Secretary, Deb Haaland, To Deny Subsidies To State Agencies That Unfairly Target Wolves

by Elizabeth Duan | September 29, 2021
“An urgent new petition has been launched to help protect gray wolves from extinction in the United States. The important petition calls for the government to deny federal wildlife management funding to states that excessively target wolves and other predators. WAN had the ...

Environmental group: Florida pollution enforcement fell into ‘COVID coma’

“The state agency most responsible for keeping sewage out of the Indian River Lagoon and drinking water safe went too soft on violators last year, according to a nonprofit group of public employees. Despite a tripling in overall penalty amounts — driven by a handful of big fines ...

Enviros aim to eliminate states’ funding over wolf hunting laws

by Elizabeth Duan | September 28, 2021
“States would lose federal wildlife funding if they “excessively” target predator species like wolves, cougars and grizzly bears, under a new petition to the Interior Department filed by myriad environmental groups. “A healthy predator-prey relationship is necessary for healthy ...

Our Kyla Bennett appears on WBAI’s Green Street Radio Show

“Our Kyla Bennett appeared on WBAI’s Green Street Radio show to discuss the recent EPA whistleblower disclosures, firefighters addressing PFAS, and scientific integrity.” ...

EPA’s “scientific integrity” program lacks teeth, group alleges

by PEER |
Insiders at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have alleged dozens of violations of the agency’s “scientific integrity” policy over the last few years, including complaints of political interference and tampering with chemical risk assessments, but nearly all the complaints ...
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