I first heard about this via Sierra Club’s press release today applauding Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s decision. According to the Sierra Club press release, In an internal DEP e-mail message from DEP Executive Deputy Secretary John Hines, dated March 23, DEP inspectors were told that any Notices of Violations (NOVs) would need to be cleared [...]

Reports and stories about unresolved human and environmental health problems in the Gulf of Mexico continue to find their way to the surface of the daily news rush. Now Robert Redford announces a new film that documents the collective trauma that persists following the BP oil disaster. Read more and see video trailer, related article [...]

“I am ruling out the need for us to move directly to a regulatory mechanism when we have folks stepping up and are willing to do the conservation measures,” she told reporters after the visits. Jackson has been under fire for months from Republicans and agribusiness interests over environmental agency actions or rumors that the [...]

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Wayne County and Occidental Chemical Corporation to assess and remove or contain mercury at specific bridges in Wayne County believed to be constructed of former mercury cell parts. The MOU outlines an initial path forward, focusing on the first three [...]