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The Key Questions the Senate Should Ask Trump's Nominee to Head the Department of Interior

From: Pacific Standard

“Will Bernhardt continue these practices? Will he continue the Trump administration's effort to bend public lands management to the will of the fossil fuel powers?…

Court Orders Chemical Safety Board to Get Cracking on Reporting Rules

From: Reuters

“A federal judge in Washington, DC has ordered a federal agency to issue rules in the next 12 months for reporting accidental chemical releases, handing environmental…

Watchdog Group: EPA Sharing Pro-Trump Resignation Letter Violated Laws Against Campaigning on Public Dime

From: EcoWatch

“PEER claims the press office's actions violated the Hatch Act, or An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, which mandates that civil servants not campaign…

EPA Press Office Under Fire for Releasing Politically Charged Resignation Letter

From: Government Executive

“The letter, according to news reports and confirmed by EPA to Government Executive, was provided to reporters by the press office. That prompted the nonprofit…

Feds Given 12 Months to Release Chemical Safety Rule

From: Bloomberg News

“The court rejected the CSB’s argument that the delay was reasonable given its “limited resources and competing priorities.” If their inaction is caused by a lack…


News Releases

CONSERVATIONISTS ASK NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR TO SET WOLF POLICY ON FACTS

Top State Officials to Consider Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves at Meeting Today

CHRISTIE ABRUPT ABOUT-FACE ON GREEN POWER

Nuclear and Natural Gas Touted; Conservation Incentives to be Zeroed Out

OFF-ROADERS SEEK TAKEOVER OF CALIFORNIA PARKS

Henry Coe and Red Rock Canyon State Parks Targeted in Financial Crisis Gambit

NEW JERSEY TO DEREGULATE TOXIC VAPOR INTRUSION

Control of Deadly Seepage Put on “Honor System” in Christie Regulatory Rollback

EPA WAVES RED FLAG ON BAY STATE RAIL PROJECT

Rapid Bus More Practical and Less Harmful than Running Train through Swamp