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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

LOVE THAT DIRTY WATER: ROMNEY WATER POLLUTION RECORD

Hundreds of Corporate Waivers to Dump Toxics into Massachusetts Water Supply

CRUSADING EPA SCIENTIST RETURNED TO WORK

Her Termination Thrown Out due to Constitutional Violations by Agency

HOW WOULD THE ENVIRONMENT FARE UNDER A PRESIDENT ROMNEY?

Not Very Well, His Record as Massachusetts Governor Suggests

NEW JERSEY WAR ON “KILLER TREES” VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW

Bull's Island Is Habitat for Endangered Bat and Protected Migratory Birds

DISTURBING TOXIC AIR RESULTS CONFIRMED IN PATERSON, NJ

State Dissembles on Findings That 7 Air Toxics Are “Above the Health Benchmark”