Press Releases

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

“Sovereign Immunity” Claim Voids Pollution Report Shields for EPA Specialists

Inspector General Reports and Workplace Survey Show Imploding Interior Morale

Jurisdiction and Subpoena Limits Hamstring Questionable Special Counsel Gambit

Latest Numbers Show Fewer New Cases but More Fines than Historic Lows in 2005

Agency Rejects Petition for Controls on North Slope and Extends Ruling Nationally

New Jersey Continues to Lose War on Sprawl New Figures Show

Acre-for-Acre, Refuges Get 17 Cents for Every Dollar Spent on National Parks

Down-Listing Comes Despite Record Number of Manatee Fatalities in 2006

Record Low Force Levels and Record High Assaults; Chief Chambers’ Bid to Return Goes to Federal Court

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