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Bernhardt Must Renew 'Acting' Heads by Month's End

From: E&E News

“Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt must soon decide whether to maintain eight temporary agency directors, as the Trump administration presses into its third year…

Idled Federal Workers Called Back To Wildlife Refuges So People Can Hunt

From: Huffington Post

“Jeff Ruch, president of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told The Hill that the FWS decision appears to violate the terms of its own shutdown…

US Congress Allows Oil Spill Tax to Expire

From: Argus Media

“A US government trust fund used to clean up oil spills is losing out on millions of dollars in revenue after lawmakers allowed a 9¢/bl excise tax on refiners, importers…

Refuge Reinforcements Ride In, But Is It a Rescue?

From: E&E News

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, declared today that the FWS refuge reinforcements could compound risks for wildlife…

Interior Restaffs Some Wildlife Refuges During Shutdown

From: WFAE 90.7

“Just days after announcing that some furloughed staff will be returning to clean up trash-riddled national parks during the government shutdown, the Trump administration…


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