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The Interior Department is ignoring the rules on ‘acting’ officials

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…

Watch Out, Tortoise: Karen-Budd Falen Is in Charge.

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…

This Chemical Kills. Why Aren’t Regulators Banning It?

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.…

Philadelphia Explosion Underscores Danger of Refineries Using Hydrogen Fluoride

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…

Lawmakers talk legislation in response to FOIA changes

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…


News Releases

OSHA WHISTLEBLOWER WINS $820,000 SETTLEMENT

Agency Recordkeeping Critic Purged in 2009 Paid Not to Return

FISHERIES OBSERVERS GAIN WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS

New Law Takes Effect as NMFS Undertakes Review of Grievance Procedures

STONEWALL ON PETROGLYPH PACT LEAVES MONUMENT IN LIMBO

Management Agreement Expires as Rock Art Community Gathers for Conference

DANGEROUS CATCH – FISHERIES OBSERVERS PUT IN HARM’S WAY

Federal Review of Safety Procedures Governing Observer Sea Deployments

SUIT TO UNCOVER POLITICAL DEALS BEHIND GRAY WOLF DE-LISTING

Closed-Door Meetings Honed Plan to Strip Gray Wolf Endangered Species Status