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Eco-Whistleblower Laws Now Off-Limits to Federal Employees
May 1, 2007
“Sovereign Immunity” Claim Voids Pollution Report Shields for EPA Specialists
BLM SUICIDE UNDERSCORES BUREAUCRATIC INHUMANITY
April 30, 2007
Inspector General Reports and Workplace Survey Show Imploding Interior Morale
NEW PROBE OF WHITE HOUSE ALREADY CRUMBLING
April 26, 2007
Jurisdiction and Subpoena Limits Hamstring Questionable Special Counsel Gambit
New Florida Environment Chief Has Poor Enforcement Record
Latest Numbers Show Fewer New Cases but More Fines than Historic Lows in 2005
EPA RELAXES AIR POLLUTION RULES FOR OIL INDUSTRY
April 25, 2007
Agency Rejects Petition for Controls on North Slope and Extends Ruling Nationally
National Wildlife Refuges Severely Shortchanged
April 11, 2007
Acre-for-Acre, Refuges Get 17 Cents for Every Dollar Spent on National Parks
MANATEE PROTECTIONS TO BE CUT UNDER BUSH PLAN
April 9, 2007
Down-Listing Comes Despite Record Number of Manatee Fatalities in 2006
U.S. PARK POLICE ENTERS TOURIST SEASON AT LOW EBB
April 5, 2007
Record Low Force Levels and Record High Assaults; Chief Chambers’ Bid to Return Goes to Federal Court
Climate and Ocean Scientists Put Under New Speech Restraints
April 3, 2007
Any Scientific Statements “of Official Interest” Must be Pre-Approved
Army Chemical Weapons Depot Under Criminal Investigation
April 2, 2007
Federal Probe Targets Agent Leaks, Monitoring Failures & Environmental Violations
PARK SERVICE BACKS OFF GULF ISLANDS ROAD PLAN
March 28, 2007
New Director Pledges Review of Alternatives and No Waiver of Management Policies
NEW BUSH PLAN TO GUT ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
March 27, 2007
Key Wildlife Protections Weakened by a Series of Administrative Redefinitions
NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL BUDGET SHRINKS BUT TASKS GROW
March 26, 2007
New Corzine Initiatives Will Worsen Already Large State Environmental Deficits
NEW WALLA WALLA RIVER RULE LEAVES FISH HIGH AND DRY
Proposed Instream Flow Falls Short for Bull Trout and Steelhead Salmon
CONGRESS WEIGHS FATE OF TROUBLED SPECIAL COUNSEL
March 22, 2007
Special Counsel Threatens Effectiveness of Congressional Whistleblower Reforms
EPA TO DEFANG ITS INSPECTOR GENERAL
March 21, 2007
Immediate Buy-Outs to Remove Auditors, Criminal Investigators and Chemists
RARE BUTTERFLY PROTECTED BY EMERGENCY OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CLOSURE IN SAND MTN NEVADA
March 19, 2007
RENO, Nev.– Yesterday the Bureau of Land Management announced an emergency closure of 3,985 acres of public land in and adjacent to the Sand Mountain Recreation Area near Fallon, Nevada, to off-road vehicles to protect the rare Sand Mountain blue butterfly. The species is suffering from increasing habitat loss due to off-road vehicle route proliferation,…
NEW JERSEY PUNTS AGAIN ON WATER POLLUTION RULES
March 15, 2007
400 Backlogged Projects May Escape Anti-Sprawl Controls
60 MORE NEW JERSEY DAY-CARE CENTERS NAMED ON TOXIC WARNINGS
March 7, 2007
Hundreds of Homes, Schools and Other Facilities May Also Be Vulnerable
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