Environment & Climate

My client, Dr. David L. Lewis, was a top microbiologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He raised the standards for dental hygiene worldwide when he showed how previous practices were inadequate to protect dental patients from the transmission...

I find it amazing when I look over these past seventeen years of having been involved with the National  Whistleblowers Center and the law firm of Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto that we have not moved so much further ahead in...

Last month, CNN's Special Investigations Unit released a story about Bobby Maxwell's experience as an inspector for the U.S. Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS). The main point of the story is how MMS was infused with a "culture...

Attorneys for the NWC submitted a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling for an investigation of BP and the entire oil industry, including contractors and subcontractors, for fraud committed against the U.S. government. The letter explains that the False...

National Public Radio (NPR) is reporting that a federal administrative judge has ordered that the Massey Coal Company temporarily reinstate whistleblower Ricky Lee Campbell while his retaliation case is pending.  Campbell drove coal shuttle cars and bolted mine roofs at...

The first person or group who drills and hits the truth in the Gulf of Mexico can win a huge payoff IF they use the False Claims Act. We want everyone who can to use this law and drill for...

In honor of Earth Day, The National Whistleblowers Center will host a special training seminar: "Protecting Environmental Whistleblowers." The training will take place on April 21, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm, and is open to environmental activists and attorneys,...

Anthony Sacco is the former general manager of the Broadview-Westchester Joint Water Agency, which supplies drinking water to suburbs west of Chicago. Then he reported to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency that the Agency had fabricated water testing reports. According...

Congratulations to carpenter Dennis Brown for his courageous efforts to expose unhealthy conditions at the Broward County School District in Florida. Brown raised concerns about the atrocious environment he was forced to work in. A mildew infested classroom made his...

U.S. District Judge Clay Land, of Athens, Georgia, issued an order yesterday compelling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide their employee Madolyn Dominy for deposition in a whistleblower's scientific fraud case.   Madolyn Dominy was the EPA's Regional...