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.
Celebrating Earth Day 2022: Highlighting Climate and Environmental Whistleblowers & the Challenges They Face
The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970 as an effort between two lawmakers, Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) and Representative Pete McCloskey (R-CA), activist Denis Hayes, and a team dedicated to raising awareness about environmental issues. The increased...
Whistleblowers: Our Grassroots Climate Taskforce
Whistleblowers are the most powerful tool for safeguarding a sustainable future for humanity and our planet. Now more than ever, they need our support. Governments around the world must ensure protections for climate whistleblowers.The Trump administration muzzled whistleblowers like Jeff Alson, Maria...
Failed Enforcement Measures to Protect Vaquita Highlight Need for Wildlife Whistleblower Awards
As the vaquita, the world’s smallest cetacean, nears extinction, wildlife advocates continue to assess the enforcement failures which have led to the dwindling population of the porpoise. On April 11, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement body,...
Panel of Experts to Discuss Climate Whistleblowers in Earth Day Event
April 22 is Earth Day, and to commemorate climate whistleblowers on this annual celebration the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is hosting a free online event to celebrate climate whistleblowers, outline the advocacy organization’s Climate Corruption Campaign, and discuss how environmental...
Advocates Discuss Key Role of Whistleblowers in Combatting Environmental Crimes
On March 24, leading voices in the movement towards combating environmental crime met to discuss the current state of the matter, and how whistleblowers fit into the solution. Stephen M. Kohn, founder and chairman of the National Whistleblower Center, was...
SEC’s Proposed Climate Risk Disclosure Requirements Pave Way for More Climate Whistleblowers
On March 21, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule changes that would require publicly traded companies to make certain climate-related disclosures, including information about climate-related risks. If the rule changes are adopted, the SEC, which has a...
Webinar on Tackling Corruption and Environmental Crime Features Leading Whistleblower Attorney
On March 24, the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) and the Wildlife Justice Commission (WTC) are hosting a virtual panel discussion “Avenues for Tackling the Corruption that Enables Environmental Crime.” The webinar features expert panelists presenting concrete steps to tackle the...
World Wildlife Day 2022 Highlights Endangered Species
March 3, 2022 is World Wildlife Day, and this year’s theme is “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration.” Wildlife whistleblowers are citizens and experts on the ground who can help combat wildlife trafficking of endangered species. The United Nations (UN)...
‘I Have to Disappoint You’: German Green Party Neglects Climate Whistleblowers
Germany’s Green Party is a very long way from that day in January 1980 when 1,000 young idealists gathered in the country’s southwestern city of Karlsruhe. “It certainly was a colorful bunch of people. There were veterans of the 1968...
Sponsored Crisis: Blowing the Whistle on Germany’s Climate-Damaging Energy Trade
The German government is “sabotaging the international energy transition” by massively subsidizing fossil fuel exports by the oil and gas industry, two environmental advocacy groups are warning. Research by Urgewald and Deutsche Umwelt-Hilfe (Environmental Action Germany) shows that Germany has...
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