EPA Lax On Enforcement, Says Environmental Group
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Susan Sargent | January 22, 2019
From: Boise State Public Radio “The critical analysis comes from the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. It shows the federal government referred significantly fewer cases to the Department of Justice than it has in years past. “Under the Trump ...
With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe?
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Susan Sargent |
From: The Nation “The shutdown adds more disorder to the government’s halting efforts to keep communities lead-free. As the top enforcer of the Safe Drinking Water Act and lead-safety protections in the “Lead and Copper” rule, the EPA sets regulatory standards and guidelines for ...
Firm at Center of Hunters Point Fraud Scandal Rewarded With More Government Work
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Susan Sargent | January 18, 2019
From: Curbed SF “Tetra Tech, the engineering firm paid more than $250 million by the U.S. Navy to remove radioactive contamination from San Francisco’s Hunters Point has so far escaped any serious punishment, with a $7,000 fine from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission waived on ...
EPA Prosecutions Against Polluters Lowest in 30 Years
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Susan Sargent | January 17, 2019
From: Fortune “Of the 166 cases referred last year for prosecution, just 62 federal convictions were secured, the lowest since 1995. Jeff Ruch, executive director of the organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told Fortune in an email that the decline in criminal ...
EPA Prosecution of ‘Egregious’ Pollution Cases at a 30-Year Low
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Susan Sargent |
From: Courthouse News “According to Justice Department data gathered by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the EPA opened 166 criminal cases against polluters in 2018 – 60 percent less than in 2011, and 72 percent less than 1988. When asked for comment, the EPA ...
Andrew Wheeler Returns to the Senate for EPA Administrator Confirmation Hearing
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Susan Sargent |
From: News Channel 5 “The day before the hearing, an environmental group released a new report claiming the EPA’s “criminal enforcement program was missing in action” last year. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility documented a decline in criminal referrals ...
