by FSEEE | Jun 26, 2022 | Inside FSEEE
FSEEE has delivered a notice of intent to file a lawsuit against the Forest Service for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The CWA prohibits the discharge of pollutants into U.S. waters without a permit, yet the Forest Service discharged more than 100 million...
by FSEEE | Aug 27, 2018 | FSEEE in the News
FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl was interviewed this morning on a public radio news program focusing on the use of fire retardant to fight wildfires. It’s a subject FSEEE knows quite a bit about. Several years ago, we won a pair of lawsuits that placed limits on...
by FSEEE | Sep 15, 2017 | In Depth
Global SuperTanker Services, LLC, a subsidiary of a Connecticut equities firm, says it has what it takes to put out wildfires. The company owns the largest firefighting aircraft on the planet, a retrofitted Boeing 747 that can dump huge quantities of fire retardant,...
by FSEEE | Dec 31, 2016 | Victories
As the year comes to a close, we’d like to take a moment to share with you a few of the victories we’ve celebrated so far in 2016. A few of our achievements this year include: Defeating Dangerous Legislation Reining in the War on Wildfire Keeping Helicopters Out of...
by FSEEE | Nov 13, 2017 | Briefly
The owners of a 747 passenger jet retrofitted to drop retardant and water on wildfires have won an appeal claiming the Forest Service has no basis for limiting the size of firefighting aircraft. In a decision issued last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office...
