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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

LEAD LIMITS NEEDED ON TIRE CRUMB PLAYGROUNDS

CPSC Ruling on Artificial Play-Areas as Children’s Products Sought

ROMNEY LOATHED NON-PARTISAN CIVIL SERVICE

Corporate Style Clashed with Anti-Spoils System Safeguards in Massachusetts

THE CHRISTIE MYTH OF ENVIRONMENTAL RED TAPE

New Jersey Stopped Issuing Backlog Report Which Showed No Permit Backlog

PARK BACKCOUNTRY THROWN OPEN TO MOUNTAIN BIKING

Bush Proposal Dusted Off and Adopted with Only Slight Modifications

SEXUAL PREDATOR REPORT SEALED TO PROTECT HIS PRIVACY

Suit Seeks Release of Inspector General Review of Forest Service Serial Assaults