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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

NEW JERSEY YET TO COME TO GRIPS WITH POST-SANDY FLOOD RISKS

Coastal Maps Do Not Account for Climate Change Effects; Inland Maps Decades Old

JERSEY TOXIC SPILL FIASCO DEMANDS SECOND LOOK

Review of Evacuation and Health Warnings Confusion, Role of Corporate Consultant

REWARD FUND GROWS FOR CAPTURE OF PETROGLYPH VANDALS

Criminal Conviction Seen as Key Deterrent for Future Artifact Destruction

FLORIDA ECO-AGENCY CUTS MUSCLE AND BONE – FAT LONG GONE

DEP Says It Has No Written Explanation of How Employees Were Selected for Firing

SCIENTIFIC WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT RESOLVED

Successful Mediation under Auspices of U.S. Office of Special Counsel