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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

LANGUISHING WILDERNESS LEGACY OF NATIONAL PARKS

Vast Wild and Roadless Tracts Remain Unprotected in Wilderness Logjam

NO CLIMATE CHANGE WORRIES IN ALASKA

Governor’s Climate Sub-Cabinet Stopped Meeting Years Ago

PLANS TO WIRE ENTIRE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

Concessionaires Would Control Visitor Cell and Internet Access and Content

VAPOR INTRUSION STANDARDS RELAXED IN NEW JERSEY

No Public Review of New Guidance to Industry Consultants on Toxic Cleanups

IG REPEATEDLY TRIED TO CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE ARCTIC SCIENTIST

After Charges Discredited, Drowned Polar Bear Case Reopened Without Explanation