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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

BLM DUCKS COMPLAINT ABOUT SUPPRESSING LIVESTOCK DAMAGE

Landscape Assessments in Limbo after Scientists Told to Ignore Livestock Impacts

FOUR MORE FLORIDA PANTHERS DIE IN NOVEMBER; TWO THIS WEEK

With 23 Deaths So Far This Year, 2012 Could Become Deadliest on Record

ROLLING PURGE RIPPLES THROUGH FLORIDA ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Staff Told to “Demonstrate Job Creation” as Colleagues Escorted Out of Building

JUDGE ORDERS ERADICATION OF GE PLANTS ON WILDLIFE REFUGES

Three-Year Monitoring Period to Track, Destroy Any Germinating GE Plants

CASCADING FAILURES THREATEN NEW JERSEY WATER SUPPLIES

Abandonment of Climate Preparedness Work Aggravates Garden State’s Plight