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.
Chinese Province To Offer Whistleblower Awards For Reporting Pollution
Hebei, a province located in northern China that surrounds Beijing, will offer monetary rewards for whistleblowers who report acts of...
Methane Transportation Act With Whistleblower Provisions Passes Unanimously In Senate
On August 6, the Senate unanimously passed the Pipes Act 2020 with an amendment to strengthen pipeline safety regulations and...
Russian Whistleblower Prompts Revaluation Of Siberian Oil Spill
Environmental whistleblower Vasily Ryabinin risked his career and his family’s future in their city of Norilsk, Russia, to go public...
Report: Many states lack law enforcement staff dedicated to environmental crime
The men on the EPA’s wanted list didn’t kill anyone, but they could make a lot of people sick. They...
Can whistleblowers save the Amazon rainforest?
Brazilian scientists reported in November that 3,769 square miles of forest cover had been lost in a one year –...
Guest post: Whistleblowers could help expose wildlife criminals in remote Alaska-Yukon
A guest post and photos by Katarzyna Nowak. Nowak, a fellow at The Safina Center in New York, describes herself as a "wildlife...
Webinar for wildlife whistleblowers: Collecting evidence of environmental crime
Tuesday is the deadline to register for the Thursday, June 13 webinar on the role of citizens in enforcing environmental...
A whistleblower exposed illegal dumping by Princess Cruise Lines. The DOJ says they are still doing it
Caribbean Princess Princess Cruises “depends on the oceans. We are committed to environmental practices that set a high standard for...
Pollution from ships law leads to charges of cover-up, witness tampering
A Greek shipping company and its chief engineer were indicted Tuesday for witness tampering and falsifying records to hide the...
From cruise ships to tankers, big boats dump waste into the ocean. Whistleblowers can stop them.
The New York Times was blunt in its series on crime at sea: “Few places on the planet are as...
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