Press Releases

Any Scientific Statements “of Official Interest” Must be Pre-Approved

Federal Probe Targets Agent Leaks, Monitoring Failures & Environmental Violations

New Director Pledges Review of Alternatives and No Waiver of Management Policies

Key Wildlife Protections Weakened by a Series of Administrative Redefinitions

New Corzine Initiatives Will Worsen Already Large State Environmental Deficits

Proposed Instream Flow Falls Short for Bull Trout and Steelhead Salmon

Special Counsel Threatens Effectiveness of Congressional Whistleblower Reforms

Immediate Buy-Outs to Remove Auditors, Criminal Investigators and Chemists

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,…

400 Backlogged Projects May Escape Anti-Sprawl Controls

Hundreds of Homes, Schools and Other Facilities May Also Be Vulnerable

State Terminated Scientist After He Disclosed Problems to the Inspector General

Interior Must Prove That Hazards Have Been Abated or Face OSHA Intervention

Scathing Building Audit Finds Major Safety, Health and Environmental Violations

New Inspector General Decries “Rudderless” Program as Prosecutions Drop

Press and Public Barred from State House “Stakeholder” Meeting

Denver, Detroit, Philadelphia, SF and KC Labs on Chopping Block

Waxman Introduces Major Whistleblower Reform Legislation

Special Counsel Staff Afraid to Meet with Investigators in Monitored Offices

Stalled Park Wilderness Plans Could Increase Wild Lands by More than Half