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Workers play an instrumental role in environmental protection. Employees have been our eyes and ears, ensuring that our laws regarding clean air, toxic substances, clean water, atomic energy, solid waste, safe drinking water and superfund are followed. They have risked their careers and jobs to protect the environment and the American public. The National Whistleblowers Center has a long history of supporting whistleblowers in exposing corporate and government environmental misconduct.
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News reports concerning the Gulf Oil Disaster paint a picture of executive greed, scientific studies ignored, and government regulations disregarded. As we read these articles, we are reminded of the words of then presidential candidate Obama, "Workers are the eyes and ears of enforcement." With the Deepwater Horizon explosion as one of the biggest and worst environmental disasters in history, we are left asking, where were the whistleblowers?
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FCA Legal Actions Could Result in BP Paying Treble Damages To United States Taxpayers
Washington, D.C. July 26, 2010. Assistant Attorney General Tony West confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice was "considering all avenues of redress against the potentially responsible parties," according to a letter released today by the National Whistleblower Center. The letter specifically mentions the False Claims Act ("FCA"). The letter is in response to a letter from NWC urging the government to use the FCA to hold responsible parties accountable for losses suffered by the taxpayers as a result of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. -
Washington D.C. June 15, 2010. In a letter submitted to Attorney General Eric Holder today, attorneys for the National Whistleblowers Center called on the Department of Justice to investigate BP and the entire oil industry, including contractors and subcontractors, for fraud committed against the U.S. government.
The False Claims Act is the most powerful law available to deter fraud and enforce federal regulations, like those that govern offshore drilling. The letter states, "while the purpose of the False Claims Act is not to protect the environment per se, it is applicable in this case because it is intended to ensure honesty and openness when companies do business with and obtain benefits from the United States, such as a lease."
The letter continues:
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As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, the headlines paint a picture of executive greed, scientific studies ignored, and government regulations disregarded.We are reminded of the words of presidential candidate Obama, "Workers are the eyes and ears of enforcement." As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill quickly becomes the biggest and worst environmental disaster in history, we are left asking, where were the whistleblowers?
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Washington, D.C. May 3, 2010. In the wake of the gulf coast oil spill, Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center, released the following statement:
We call upon BP and all other companies involved in offshore drilling operations to ensure that any employee who steps forward to expose deficiencies in the offshore drilling process is not retaliated against.
The United States Department of Labor and all appropriate offices must fully and immediately investigate any claims made by whistleblowers about BP's practices.
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By PETE YOST - March 10, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - The inspector general for the Commerce Department is trying to force a prominent environmental group to reveal who leaked the Bush administration's plans to weaken the Endangered Species Act just weeks before President Barack Obama took office.
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For Immediate Release
Friday, February 27, 2009
Grassley urges the President to change culture of bureaucracy by honoring whistleblowers with a Rose Garden ceremony
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today urged President Barack Obama to plan a Rose Garden ceremony to honor whistleblowers in order to strengthen transparency, good government and accountability in the federal bureaucracy.
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Environment Laws May Not Blunt High Court Whistleblower Ruling
June 2, 2006, Inside EPA
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