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Post-Shutdown, An Ocean of Outrage Greets Interior’s Proposed FOIA Changes

From: Think Progress

“More than 130 groups and organizations have submitted public comments opposing the Interior Department’s efforts to crack down on public information requests —…

Proposed FOIA Rule Provokes Response

From: Coastal Review

“Information provided on the Federal Register states that the Department published a final rule in 2012 that updated and replaced the Department’s previous Freedom…

Interior Dept. Plan to Streamline FOIA Responses Alarms Transparency Groups

From: Government Executive

“An Interior Department proposed rule published late last month to ease the workload of its Freedom of Information Office staff has drawn fire from at least…

Environmentalists and Feds Reach Settlement Over Bison Mgmt

From: Courthouse News

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said “a new era may be dawning” over management of the National Bison Range in Moiese, Montana. Management…

Trump’s EPA Just Handed Another Gift to Big Polluters: Letter to the Editor

From: Cleveland

“With new rules imposing the greatest restrictions on the Clean Water Act since its passage in 1972, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has handed yet another…


News Releases

CORPORATE SHADOW OVER JERSEY’S TAINTED GROUNDWATER DARKENS

Science “Advisors” Push Dramatic Relaxation of Groundwater Cleanup Standards

ROMNEY NOT LIKELY TO BE A CONSERVATION PRESIDENT

Dismal Land Preservation Record in Massachusetts Bodes Ill for Natural Legacy

LAWSUIT FILED CHALLENGING PLAN TO ALLOW ORVS ON INYO COUNTY ROADS

INDEPENDENCE, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility took action today to hold Inyo County accountable to adequately review the environmental…

THOUSANDS OF JERSEY POLLUTION PERMITS UNENFORCEABLE

Appeal for EPA Intervention to Nix Radical Christie Stealth Deregulation

HUNDREDS OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES NOT TSUNAMI READY

Proposed NOAA Cuts Would Reduce Ranks of U.S. Cities Prepared for Tsunamis