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Bernhardt Must Renew 'Acting' Heads by Month's End

From: E&E News

“Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt must soon decide whether to maintain eight temporary agency directors, as the Trump administration presses into its third year…

Idled Federal Workers Called Back To Wildlife Refuges So People Can Hunt

From: Huffington Post

“Jeff Ruch, president of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told The Hill that the FWS decision appears to violate the terms of its own shutdown…

US Congress Allows Oil Spill Tax to Expire

From: Argus Media

“A US government trust fund used to clean up oil spills is losing out on millions of dollars in revenue after lawmakers allowed a 9¢/bl excise tax on refiners, importers…

Refuge Reinforcements Ride In, But Is It a Rescue?

From: E&E News

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, declared today that the FWS refuge reinforcements could compound risks for wildlife…

Interior Restaffs Some Wildlife Refuges During Shutdown

From: WFAE 90.7

“Just days after announcing that some furloughed staff will be returning to clean up trash-riddled national parks during the government shutdown, the Trump administration…


News Releases

WHISTLEBLOWER PARADOX: LAWS IMPROVE AS PROSECUTIONS MOUNT

Major Expansion of Federal Safeguards While States Steadily Strengthen Statutes

NO SURPRISE FEDERAL PIPELINE SAFETY EXERCISES SINCE 2005

Scant Oversight or Local Coordination on Pipeline Emergency Response Plans

EXXON VALDEZ RECOVERY REMAINS STUCK IN LIMBO

Federal Judge “Dismayed” over Slow Pace of Promised Preliminary Work

DONT DRINK THE FRACKING FLUIDS!

Toxic Well Flowback Pumped for Consumption by Wildlife and Livestock

WOLF DELISTING SCIENTIFIC SHELL GAME BEGINS

Contract for Quick Limited Peer Review Designed to Give Illusion of Impartiality