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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

EPA’S JACKSON HAS CHECKERED CHROMIUM RECORD

New Jersey Tenure Marked by Stifling Health Warnings on Deadly Substance

FEDERAL AGENCIES FLYING BLIND IN CAPE WIND APPROVALS

Internal E-Mails Admit Huge Data Gaps, Inability to Monitor and Pursue Mitigation

SCIENCE TRANSPARENCY POLICY SWATHED IN SECRECY

White House Withholds All But Snippets on Why Science Guidance Went Off Course

NEW OBAMA SCIENCE INTEGRITY GUIDANCE: TIMID, TORN AND TARDY

Memo Sends Evasive Mixed Messages and Raises More Questions than It Answers

JERSEY COOLING TOWER U-TURN DERAILS NUKE POLLUTION CONTROL

Oyster Creek Reactor Can Keep Wreaking Havoc on Barnegat Bay Marine Life