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From: Washington Post
"The July 8 editorial on the extreme number of vacancies in positions that require Senate confirmation, “Mr. Trump’s ‘acting’ government,” was a welcome indication…
From: Sierra
"Like putting Genghis Khan in charge of a day-care center.” That’s how a spokesperson for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility responded to Karen Budd-Falen’s…
From: New York Times
"Last month’s spectacular explosions at a large Philadelphia oil refinery complex injured five workers, terrorized city residents and drove up gasoline prices.…
From: Truthout
"Aging refineries are playing Russian roulette with American population centers,” said Tim Whitehouse, a former enforcement attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection…
From: The Hill
"It would definitely be an amendment to FOIA, those aren’t that uncommon,” Kevin Bell, staff counsel for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, on what…
Agriculture Secretary Asked to Remove Enforcement Chief for Rank Incompetence
Illegal Levels of PCBs to Remain in Classrooms; No Soil Testing on Campuses
Permit Withdrawal Throws Eco-Safeguards into Doubt While Adding Years of Delay
New Initiative to Reduce Visitor Plastic Bottle Use to Avoid Need for a Sales Ban
After Years, Fish & Wildlife Service Still Unprepared to Propose Specific Safeguards