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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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GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S GLOBAL WARMING HONEY POT

Eco-Fund Raided for Anti-Eco Projects; Recycling $ Recycled to General Fund

ASSEMBLY LINE INJUSTICE FOR FEDERAL WHISTLEBLOWERS

MSPB Plan to Speed up Appeal Process Magnifies Underlying Dysfunctions

FLORIDA PANTHERS DYING AT A RECORD RATE

Conservation Groups Launch Appeal to Win Critical Habitat for Endangered Cat

LOSS OF STREAMS AND WETLANDS WILL WIDEN WITH NEW CORPS RULES

Green Power Encouraged to Leave Brown Footprints under New Exemptions

STRONG FEDERAL ACTION NEEDED NOW AT TOXIC JERSEY DUPONT SITE

Spreading and Uncontrolled Contamination in Hundreds of Pompton Lakes Homes