ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE – New York Environmental Law & Justice Project –

A coalition of industrial companies sued the New York State  Department of Environmental Conservation, alleging that DEC had the authority only to require the removal of “significant” environmental threats, not to mandate a cleanup that restored a site to its pre-industrial condition.  But in a recently published 5-to-2 decision, the Court of Appeals said that the … More Court of Appeals Decision Strengthens New York State’s Superfund Program

In John Walke’s words on Democracy Now this morning, “President Obama made a brutal political calculation to sacrifice public health, clean air, and even law enforcement, in order to curry favor with Big Oil and reduce what the president called ‘burden’ to polluting industries. In doing so, he condemned the Environmental Protection Agency not only … More Friday’s “Smog Massacre” Reduces Burden on Corporate Polluters and Condemns EPA

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