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.
Coming up: Learning how to use environmental whistleblowers to stop pollution at sea
Whistleblowers play a big role in rooting out corporate crime and government misdeeds that take place behind closed doors. They...
Register for March 21 Webinar: Citizen Enforcement in the Forestry Sector
Register here. From The Environmental Law Institute. Illegal timber trade comprises 15-30% of the global timber trade according to Interpol, valued...
Bill would bolster reward programs that allow US agencies to fight wildlife crime with whistleblowers
If poachers and wildlife trafficking networks operate like international criminal syndicates, why not treat them that way? That’s one approach...
How Whistleblowers Can Help Save Chimpanzees
“Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they...
Conservation Groups Rally at Mexican Embassy in Support of Critically Endangered Vaquita
WASHINGTON, D.C. | July 5th, 2018—A group rallied outside the Embassy of Mexico on Thursday morning, urging the Mexican government...
The Wildlife Justice Commission and National Whistleblower Center Form Partnership
The two organizations join forces to combat wildlife trafficking around the globe THE HAGUE / WASHINGTON, D.C. | May 24th,...
ABC News Washington Story Highlights Congressional Inquiry into Illegal Wildlife Trafficking on Facebook
The Securities and Exchange Commission building, located in Washington, D.C. Members of Congress are urging the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)...
AZA Congressional Reception Brings Attention to Wildlife Trafficking
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki) is already extinct in the wild. At the annual Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) Reception,...
Whistleblower Detection Credited in 76% of Last 100 APPS Cases
Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) whistleblower law brings dividends WASHINGTON, D.C. | May 11, 2018—In an analysis of 100...
Whistleblower Alleges Facebook Facilitates Wildlife Trafficking
An AP news story reports that an anonymous whistleblower has filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
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