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Post-Shutdown, An Ocean of Outrage Greets Interior’s Proposed FOIA Changes

From: Think Progress

“More than 130 groups and organizations have submitted public comments opposing the Interior Department’s efforts to crack down on public information requests —…

Proposed FOIA Rule Provokes Response

From: Coastal Review

“Information provided on the Federal Register states that the Department published a final rule in 2012 that updated and replaced the Department’s previous Freedom…

Interior Dept. Plan to Streamline FOIA Responses Alarms Transparency Groups

From: Government Executive

“An Interior Department proposed rule published late last month to ease the workload of its Freedom of Information Office staff has drawn fire from at least…

Environmentalists and Feds Reach Settlement Over Bison Mgmt

From: Courthouse News

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said “a new era may be dawning” over management of the National Bison Range in Moiese, Montana. Management…

Trump’s EPA Just Handed Another Gift to Big Polluters: Letter to the Editor

From: Cleveland

“With new rules imposing the greatest restrictions on the Clean Water Act since its passage in 1972, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has handed yet another…


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