“Voting can be stressful and daunting enough on its own, but in this particular election there may be extra worries on voters’ minds. Much of Colorado has a six-page ballot this year, and we wanted to take some of the stress out of making sense of the state-wide ballot initiatives ...

“Is it safe to drink tap water in Delray Beach? Maybe not, according to a watchdog agency that has released the city’s own test results showing high levels of cancer-causing chemicals. “Delray’s drinking water would not be fit for consumption in New York, Michigan, ...

“It wasn’t long after the Army Corps of Engineers hired Judith Marshall to lead its environmental compliance that she realized she had a problem. The Army Corps had no intention of complying with environmental laws, she said.” Read the PEER Story… ...

“A report on Delray Beach’s reclaimed water program concluded that the many problems resulted from “a lack of institutional control.” Tallahassee-based Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has issued a news release saying that Delray Beach’s drinking water ...

“The head of the U.S. Geological Survey violated the federal whistleblower protection law when he retaliated against an agency employee who had filed a complaint about his conduct, according to a new report from the Interior Department’s internal watchdog. “For the DOI generally ...

“Some 16 million acres representing one of the world’s largest preserved temperate rainforests will soon be open to logging following a Wednesday announcement from the Trump administration. In August, the federal watchdog Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued the ...

“EPA promoted “National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week” on Twitter yesterday even though the agency hasn’t yet rolled out updated regulations to control lead and copper in drinking water. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has said the updated rule would be released ...

“A long-time EPA scientist with a history of whistleblowing claims is asking the agency’s Inspector General (IG) “to investigate and remedy misrepresentations” by EPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the survival times on surfaces of the virus that ...

“Through a series of appointments that appear to have bypassed the Appointments Clause of the Constitution and the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, the officials leading those agencies — the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service and the Office of Surface Mining ...

“Many Americans alarmed over the deadly coronavirus pandemic, a worsening climate crisis, an economic disaster on par with the Great Depression, or the White House’s surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban would sleep better if they had assurances the radioactive waste disposal is ...

“As the days tick down to next month’s presidential election, debate rages over the U.S. government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic with critics of President Donald Trump calling for his ouster due to his failure to protect the American public. And yet as mass media ...

“President Trump last night signed an executive order making it easier for the federal government to fire and hire career staff. “The whole process is dubious and questionable,” said Tim Whitehouse, a former EPA attorney and current president of the group Public Employees ...

“At the first of two public hearings over Florida’s bid to take control of wetlands permitting from the U.S. government, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the state’s powerful utilities argued the plan would be good for business. Over the last decade, the agency has shrunk ...

“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 ...

“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 join host, Bob Clark to discuss their work protecting environmental whistleblowers at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.” ...

“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 ...

“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 ...

“EPA has finalized its “scientific integrity” rule, at a time when scientists inside the agency have questioned its commitment to scientific research. Kyla Bennett, a director with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, noted EPA’s latest scientific ...

“Federal agencies told a D.C. federal court Thursday that there was “nothing unlawful” about the delegation of duties to the current head of the National Park Service after environmental groups claimed she had been appointed illegally without first being confirmed. ...