Environment & Climate
Read about the seven major federal environmental laws (Clean Air, Toxic Substances, Clean Water, Atomic Energy, Solid Waste, Safe Drinking Water and Superfund) that have special provisions protecting employee whistleblowers.
Environmental Whistleblowers are Key Human Rights Defenders, According to Comments to UN
On October 15, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) submitted comments to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur...
National Whistleblower Center Launches Wildlife Whistleblower Pledge
The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) has launched a new pledge campaign to help support wildlife whistleblowers and combat wildlife crises....
Motion 39 Passes At IUCN Marseilles Conference: 2021 To Be A Groundbreaking Year For Environmental Defenders And Whistleblowers
2021 has been a significant year for promoting international environmental protection and whistleblower enfranchisement. The International Union for Conservation of...
What is the Economic Cost of Failing to Disclose Climate-Related Financial Risks?
In light of the growing trend of climate change litigation, companies who ignore their potential exposure to climate change litigation...
Whistleblowers and Environmental Defenders: Motion 39 To Be Debated At IUCN World Conservation Congress
As the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress prepares to begin September 3-11 in Marseilles, France, there...
Wildlife Trafficking, Corporate Crime, and Whistleblowing
As Sara Walker noted in her guest blog, wildlife trafficking is a global crisis. She points out that whistleblowing is...
How Whistleblowers Can Help Disrupt Wildlife Crime
Wildlife trafficking is a global crisis—one of the crucial conservation issues of our time— driving some of the world’s most...
Whistleblowers Key in SEC’s Enforcement of Climate Risk Disclosures
In March, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it was requesting public input on the agency’s handling of...
Endangered Species Day 2021: How Whistleblowers Can Save Species In Trouble
May 21, 2021 marks Endangered Species Day, returning attention to the continuing extinction crisis that the world faces. 37,400 species...
There Aren’t Plenty of Fish in the Sea
When I was asked to write for Whistleblower Network News, I had a thought about what whistleblower means to me....
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