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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…


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LEADERSHIP VOID CRIPPLES FOREST SERVICE LAW ENFORCEMENT

Official Investigation Uncovers Plague of Dysfunction Afflicting 20 Eastern States

GRAIN ELEVATOR DEATHS PRODUCT OF LAX OSHA ENFORCEMENT

Summer Plea Bargain Letting Executives off Set up Repeat of Preventable Fatalities

FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO KEEP BIG CYPRESS ADDITION LANDS WILD

Suit to Block Park Service Plan to Carve a 130-Mile Network of ORV Trails

LAWSUIT TO HALT GE CROPS IN ALL MIDWEST REFUGES

Genetically Engineered Agriculture on 54 Refuges in 8 States Targeted as Illegal

MEXICAN DRUG GANGS INVADE GREAT LAKES FORESTS

Forest Service Cops in Michigan and Wisconsin Decry Agency Head-in-Sand Stance