Aug 20, 2018 | Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
Nearly 100 Red Tide-Related Deaths So Far; Second-Highest Total This Decade Washington, DC — Driven by toxic red tides, Florida manatee mortality this year has already surpassed losses during all of 2017, according to figures posted today by Public Employees for...
Jun 25, 2018 | Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
Fewer Investigators Translates into Fewer Referrals, Prosecutions, and Defendants Washington, DC — Belying Scott Pruitt’s claims to be a tough polluter prosecutor, criminal enforcement by his U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in a freefall, according to...
Nov 30, 2017 | Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
No Notice to Residents at Thousands of Sites Polluted by Leaking Petroleum Tanks Tallahassee — Florida is plagued by a stain of stealth pollution seeping from thousands of leaking petroleum tanks fouling both surface and groundwater, according to Public...
Nov 7, 2017 | Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
Washington, DC — Survival of the Louisiana black bear requires that it regain protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, according to a notice of intent to file suit released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The filing contends...
Oct 17, 2017 | Climate Justice, False Solutions, Featured, Social Media News
Washington, DC — In a startling public health reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is now declaring that radiation exposures equivalent to as many as 5,000 chest x-rays “usually result in no harmful health effects,” according to an agency document posted...