News Releases for 2010

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February 9, 2010  OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HIRED NATION’S TOP ANTI-LABOR LAW FIRM — Lawsuit to Find Out How Much Union-Busting Firm Is Paid and From What Funds

February 8, 2010  NEW JERSEY DOWNPLAYS DISTURBING AIR TOXICS STUDY — DEP Mounts Messaging Campaign to Minimize Risk Findings in Paterson

February 4, 2010  NEW JERSEY CLOSING ITS NOSE TO VAPOR INTRUSION CRISIS — Vapor Intrusion Rules Cast into Regulatory Limbo as Horror Stories Multiply

February 3, 2010  INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS CONDEMN PURGE OF PROFESSOR — Scientific Commission Decries Oil Industry Influence at University of Alaska

February 2, 2010  EPA-INDUSTRY COALITION BLUNTS TOUGHER STATE COAL ASH RULES — Coal Ash Industry Enlists EPA to Quash Tighter State Regulatory Proposals

January 28, 2010  OBAMA GAG ORDER ON FEDERAL WORKERS LIKE THOSE UNDER BUSH — Forest Service Staff Forbidden from Talking to National Media or on National Issues

January 27, 2010  COAL ASH INDUSTRY ALLOWED TO EDIT EPA REPORTS — Reports to Congress, Brochures, “Fact Sheets” Tailored to Allay Industry Concerns

January 26, 2010  EPA INTERVENTION NEEDED FOR WEAK FLORIDA POLLUTION RESPONSE — Petition Filed for Federal Enforcement Takeover in Palm Beach Contamination Case

January 21, 2010  WILL NEW JERSEY OPEN UP ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING? — Corzine Denial of DEP Transparency Rules Creates Opportunity for Christie

January 21, 2010  NATIONAL PARK OIL DRILLING RULES SLATED FOR IMPROVEMENT — New Protections Should Be Extended Beyond Oil & Gas to All Mineral Extraction

January 20, 2010  NEW FISHING MONITOR SYSTEM SHIRKS MARINE PROTECTIONS — NOAA Plan May Doom Independent Observer Program for Commercial Alternative

January 19, 2010  PRISON COMPUTER RECYCLING PUT STAFF AND INMATES AT RISK — High Toxic Levels at Three Federal Prisons but Lack of Records Masks Health Effect

January 19, 2010  NEW SCIENCE RULES FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING SEND MIXED MESSAGE — MMS “Transparency” Mandate Riddled with Welter of Non-Release Categories