EPA Clouding Access To Staffers’ Views On Mine, Enviros Say
From: Law 360 “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staffers involved in the Clean Water Act permit process for a $1 billion planned copper and nickel mine in Minnesota told a state agency they had concerns” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
Lawsuit Filed to Obtain EPA Documents on State PolyMet Permits
From: Duluth News Tribune “An environmental group claims the Environmental Protection Agency is wrongfully withholding documents that contain staff comments on the state-issued pollution permits issued to PolyMet’s copper-nickel mine proposed near Hoyt Lakes. In a lawsuit filed ...
EPA Sued for PolyMet Documents
From: E&E News “A government watchdog and an environmental group have sued EPA to force the agency to turn over documents related to PolyMet Mining Corp.’s proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. Attorneys from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ( ...
A Scientist Who Resisted Trump Administration Censorship of Climate Report Just Lost Her Job
From: Mother Jones “Caffrey said she asked her supervisor at the park service, “Is this because of the climate change stuff?” She said he told her, “I don’t want to answer that.” Park service officials did not respond to questions from Reveal about why Caffrey wasn’t rehired ...
Scientist Who Resisted Censorship of Climate Report Lost Her Job
From: Reveal “All federal scientists are vulnerable, but scientists like Caffrey who work under federal contracts face particular risk because they can be fired easily and their funding can be pulled, said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...
CSB Must Disclose Chemical Emission Information After Incidents, District Court Rules
From: Safety+Health “Watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and other environmental organizations filed a lawsuit against CSB in December 2017, about three months after an incident at an Arkema Inc. facility in Crosby, TX. Extensive flooding from Hurricane ...