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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

CHEMICAL WEAPONS WHISTLEBLOWER WINS NEW HEARING

Nerve Agent Monitoring Lapses Triggered Separation from Blue Grass Depot

BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT BIG CYPRESS HUNTING PLANS

First Steps in Opening Vast Big Cypress Addition Lands to Hunting and Trapping

POLAR BEAR STUDY PROBE FALLS FLAT

Inspector General Concerns on Joint U.S.-Canadian Study Prove Groundless

OBAMA EPA IGNORES PUBLIC HEALTH LESSONS OF 9/11

Pending Legal Action to Resurrect EPA Ombudsman Function Shuttered in 2002

PREVENTING ANOTHER 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS TRAGEDY

Irresponsible EPA Corrosive Dust Standards Uncorrected a Decade after WTC