A recent U.S. Labor Department [3] ruling against a whistleblower states that the department, which "has jurisdiction over environmental whistle-blower cases," only recognizes whistleblower protections in the "clean air and solid waste-disposal acts, not laws governing clean water, drinking water, toxic substances and hazardous waste." A department spokesperson said the wording does not reflect "any change in policy or practice." Environmental advocates and watchdog groups aren't so sure. The Government Accountability Project [4]'s legal director called the ruling "the latest attack in a systematic war to gut the environmental whistle-blowers' statutes." The 1989 Whistleblower Protection Act covers all federal employees, but only covers disclosures related to "an imminent danger." In 2005, the Justice Department [5] declared the Clean Water Act's whistleblower protections invalid. The Environmental Protection Agency [6] has said "it doesn't recognize the protections in any of the six major environmental laws."