Press Releases

Park Service Should Not Have Opened More Routes to Off-Road Vehicles in Big Cypress National Preserve

Two More Federal Agents Killed in Questionable Program

Petition Charges State Inaction on Toxic Dump Violates Federal Law

EPA Inspector General Shifting Focus to Emphasize Bush Management Agenda

Parents Get No Notice of Child’s Exposure in Deregulated State Clean-Up Program

Half Million Acres of Public Land May Be Put Off-Limits

Workers “Intentionally” Exposed to Chemical Vapors, Smoke and Debris Dust

Environmentalists Demand Stronger Shore Protections

Top State Official Issues Threats and Calls for Silencing Corps Employees

Science Programs Called “Low Hanging Fruit” in Agency Budget Memo

Irresponsible ORV Use Becoming Major Law Enforcement Challenge

Claimed “On the Books” Savings Swamped by “Off the Books” Costs

CSKT Renews Push for Takeover of Refuge Management and More Jobs

EPA Permits for Spokane River in Idaho Violate Washington Pollution Limits

EPA Defers Factory Farm Water Pollution Rules until February 2009

Worker Safety, Environmental Violations and Data Falsification at Kentucky Facility

Julie MacDonald Scandal Symptomatic of Broad Pattern of Mendacity

State Claims “Executive Privilege” to Shield Meeting Logs; Petition Filed

SAN FRANCISCO— The Bush administration today refused to extend the protections of the Endangered Species Act to the rare Sand Mountain blue butterfly, despite the fact that it has steadily declined in numbers and its habitat is rapidly being destroyed. Conservation organizations vowed to continue to fight for federal protection of the butterfly, whose unique…

Environmental Prosecutions at Risk from Loss of Original Documents and Cost