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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

THREE RARE FLORIDA PANTHERS PERISH IN ONE WEEK

With 19 Deaths So Far This Year, 2012 Could Become Deadliest on Record

ECO-LAWSUIT ADVANCES AGAINST CAPE WIND

Risk to Right Whale and other Threatened and Endangered Species Litigated

FAREWELL MESSAGE THAT BLM HAS LOST ITS WAY

Sole Focus on Commodities Threatens Natural Heritage, 44-Year Veteran Warns

RISING DOUBTS ON INDEPENDENCE OF INTERIOR INSPECTOR GENERAL

Staff Survey Shows Only 60% Believe IG Operates "Free from Improper Influence"

PUBLIC LANDS ADVOCATES ACT TO DEFEND TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST

Forest could lose new protections from off-road vehicle damage