Toxic ignorance and the challenge for Congress
Toxic ignorance and the challenge for Congress, op-ed by Noah Sachs and Matthew Shudtz
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Author(s): Matt Shudtz
Glicksman Testimony House Energy and Commerce Hearing on Ozone
Robert Glicksman Testimony on Ozone Pollution
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Author(s): Robert Glicksman
With DuPont, OSHA's tough talk falls faint
With DuPont, OSHA's tough talk falls faint, op-ed by Rena Steinzor
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Lisa Heinzerling's testimony before the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee's Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Hearing on the Clean Power Plan.
Lisa Heinzerling's May 5, 2015 testimony before the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee's Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Hearing on the Clean Power Plan.
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Author(s): Lisa Heinzerling
Toxic Chemical Control Is ‘High Priority’ Failure for Nation’s Government
Writing for Huffington Post: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reiterated its conclusion that EPA’s regulation of toxic chemicals is in crisis, unable to deliver badly needed protection to the American people. These benighted programs are among a couple of dozen of “high priority” failures that cause serious harm to public health, waste resources, or endanger national security, and Congress is giving the report red carpet treatment, with House and Senate hearings on the report scheduled the very day it was released.
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Joint Letter from Law Professors and Lawyers re TSCA Reform Bill
Joint Letter from broad group of law professors and lawyers re TSCA Reform Bill
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Corporate Violence as Crime: Anniversary of the West Virginia Chemical Spill
In 2014, about 300,000 people in and around Charleston, West Virginia, lost their drinking water source when thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical known as MCHM (4-methylcyclohexanemethanol) leaked into the nearby Elk River through a hole in a rusted-out storage tank. In 2015, the wheels of justice began to catch up with the owners of the responsible company when they were indicted by U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Coincidentally, the West Virginia indictments came down on the same day that the Justice Department charged 14 people in Massachusetts for their role in producing and distributing meningitis-tainted steroid injections that killed 64 people. Rena Steinzor in Huffinton Post on prosecuting corporate violence.
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Hogan's Move to Rescind Bay Clean-Up Rule Threatens Multi-State Cleanup Plan
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