Winning Safer Workplaces
Thousands of Americans die every year from on-the-job hazards, and OSHA isn't making enough progress. A new manual from CRP offers state and local advocates a path to safer workplaces.
Chemical Exposure
Industry-backed legislation now in Congress would make it considerably harder for victims of harmful chemicals to hold manufacturers accountable in court.
EPA Retreats on Enforcement
EPA's new strategic plan calls for less aggressive enforcement of the nation's environmental laws. A CPR Issue Alert calls EPA out on its retreat, warning of harm to Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts.
Why Does Maryland Give Chesapeake Bay Polluters a Break?
Industrial-scale chicken farms are a huge source of Chesapeake Bay pollution, and new EPA water-quality requirements are Maryland's chance to get a handle on the problem. But the state's permitting process is far behind, and the state's waiving application fees that could help solve the problem.
FDA & OIRA Pit 'Cost' of Hand-Washing Against Disease-Prevention
A laughable calculation by FDA and OIRA of the "added" cost to agri-business from field workers washing their hands after going to the bathroom could result in weaker food safety regs.
Not So Small Business
Is the SBA Office of Advocacy's opposition to environmental, health and safety regulations really in the interest of small business? Or is it doing big business's bidding?
Tweets by @CPRBlog
A number of CPR Scholars are advocating an "ecosystem services" approach focused on restoring and maintaining the natural resources that protect public values. 
Executive Order 12866, from which springs OIRA's vise-like grip on regulation, turned 20 in October. CPR Member Scholars marked the occasion with a blog carnival.
CPR's Alice Kaswan offers principles for policy-making around climate change adaptation that respects environmental justice.
Most of the Chesapeake Bay states are falling behind in efforts to meet Bay clean-up deadlines, says the EPA. Read CPR's Issue Alert.Saving the Chesapeake
The largest estuary in North America, the Chesapeake Bay is home to more than 3,600 species of plants and animals. But after years of pollution abetted by political failure, the Environmental Protection Agency has forced the issue, imposing new pollution limits in cooperation with the states in the region. Read about CPR Member Scholars' work to save the Chesapeake.
Recent Reports from CPR
- Case Brief: EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P.: Supreme Court’s Revival of the Transport Rule Means a Cleaner Chesapeake Bay
- The Role of Health and Safety Evidence in Regulation and the Civil Justice System: Preserving Protection of the Public
- Case Brief: Food & Water Watch v. EPA: Judge Rejects Challenge to the Trading Provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Pollution Diet
- No Profit in Pollution: A Comparison of Key Chesapeake Bay State Water Pollution Penalties
- At the Company's Mercy: Protecting Contingent Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions.
