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.
Webinar: Whistleblowers on Illegal Wildlife Trade
On Thursday, November 17, 2016, Stephen M. Kohn will present a free webinar on the key role whistleblowers can play in preventing illegal wildlife trafficking. This webinar will explore how whistleblowers around the world can report wildlife crime and receive monetary...
German Shipping Companies Convicted of Violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships
Ship failed to make entries in oil record book and had a “magic hose” on deck. Two German shipping companies that owned and operated the Motor Vessel (M/V) Nils B, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges the vessel violated the Act...
Wildlife Advocates Doubt Fake Rhino Horn Scheme Will End Illegal Trade
Pembient, a U.S. Company, is using 3D technology to engineer ‘cultured’ rhino horn containing a mixture of real rhino DNA signature and keratin. Pembient believes it can reduce the economic incentive for poachers by flooding the market with the synthetic...
CITES CoP17 to Address Illegal Wildlife Trade
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) began this past week in Johannesburg, South Africa. Yury Fedotov, executive director of the UN Office on Drug and Crime,...
Congress Passes “END Wildlife Trafficking Act”
On September 21, 2016, The House of Representatives voted by unanimous consent to pass H.R. 2494, the Eliminate, Neutralize and Disrupt (END) Wildlife Trafficking Act. The bipartisan legislation, designed to combat the growing wildlife trafficking crisis, passed the Senate unanimously...
Blowing the Whistle to Promote Sustainable Oceans
Today marks the start of the third Our Ocean conference hosted by Secretary of State John F. Kerry. The conference, which is being held in Washington, DC from September 15-16, 2016, will focus on marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, and...
Upcoming Global Wildlife Whistleblower Seminar Series
Washington, DC - July 21, 2016 -- The (ELI) and the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) have announced an upcoming seminar series on Global Wildlife Whistleblowers, scheduled for early 2017. The first seminar in the series will explore enabling whistleblowers around...
National Whistleblower Center and World Bank Meet to Discuss Plans to Protect Wildlife Whistleblowers
Last week, the National Whistleblower Center's Executive Director Stephen Kohn visited the World Bank to discuss the NWC's Global Wildlife Whistleblower Program with members of the Bank's environmental protection program. Mr. Kohn's presentation covered the background and specifics of the Program, which aims to...
Monetary Rewards for Wildlife Whistleblowers A Breakthrough for Environmental Protection
Washington, D.C. January 4, 2016. The Environmental Law Reporter published an article that explains how the monetary rewards provisions for whistleblowers in both the Lacey Act and the Endangered Species Act can have a massive impact on the detection and...
Whistleblower Allegations Trigger TransCanada Investigation
A March 18, 2015 report by Reuters New Agency reveals Canada's energy regulator , National Energy Board (NEB) is investigating up to a dozen new allegations of natural gas pipeline safety-code violations at TransCanada. According to the exclusive report, this is the second...
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