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GROUPS SUE EPA OVER LACK OF RECORDS

From: The Hill

“"Under Scott Pruitt, the EPA has assumed a bunker mentality where paper trails are religiously avoided unless penned in invisible ink,” PEER counsel Adam Carlesco said…

EPA AND SCOTT PRUITT SUED BY GROUPS ALLEGING AGENCY VIOLATED FEDERAL RECORDS LAWS

From: CNBC

“These actions prevent Americans from obtaining records of EPA processes and decision-making through the Freedom of Information Act, according to Citizens for Responsibility…

TRESPASSING ALIENS; GARBAGE PRIVACY; BRAND YOUR CALVES

From: High Country News

“Apparently, the public will never learn about the reasoning, scientific or otherwise, that formed Pruitt’s opinion, because the Justice Department — representing…

DUELING LAWS AT PLAY IN WHETHER INTERIOR APPOINTMENTS ARE LEGAL

From: National Parks Traveler

“In essence, said Michael Nixon, PEER's strategic programs director, while the 1998 Reform Act did provide for some agency exceptions that allowed appointments…

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP CHARGES INTERIOR WITH ILLEGALLY FILLING TOP VACANCIES

From: Government Executive

“The current top officers at the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management are working “in blatant violation…


News Releases

AERIAL SPRAYING LEAVES PESTICIDE FOOTPRINT IN LOCAL WATERS

No Buffer Zone or Other Effort to Minimize Pesticide Discharge into Water Bodies

KAFKAESQUE IG POLAR BEAR REPORT AT ODDS WITH FACTS

Probe Commissioned to Plug Leaks and Root out Dissent on Arctic Offshore Drilling

DROWNED POLAR BEAR PROBE CLOSES WITH A WHIMPER

Unrelated Disclosures from 2007 and 2008 Dredged Up in Questionable Reprimand

FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE ACQUITS ITSELF ON MEXICAN WOLF SCIENCE

Cursory Findings by FWS Official Prompt Calls for Independent Scientific Review

BOCA RATON DRINKING WATER VIOLATIONS SPARK HEALTH ACTION

Palm Beach Health Department Notice of Violation Orders Immediate Corrections