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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

NOAA’S BIZARRE UNFOLDING FISCAL SCANDAL

National Weather Service Head Pushed Out in Frantic Damage Control Drill

WACKY PLANS FROM FLORIDA’S TOP ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS

Sell State Lands to Foreign Nations, Move Offices to Parks and Pelletize State Forests

ROMNEY HOG-TIED POLLUTION PROSECUTION

Enforcement Obstruction, Disruption and “Kill the Lawyers” Style in Massachusetts

TWO RARE FLORIDA PANTHER KILLED THIS WEEK; 11 SO FAR THIS YEAR

Latest Panther-on-Panther Deaths Reflect Shrinking Habitat for Territorial Cats

INTERIOR’S SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY PROGRAM DEVOLVING INTO MOSH PIT

Absence of Promised Protocols, Accountability or Independence Cripples Credibility