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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

NEW JERSEY TO PRIVATIZE LAND USE PERMITTING

Contractors to Write Flood Control, Coastal Wetlands and Other Approvals

COURT THROWS OUT NATIONAL BISON RANGE TRIBAL PACT

Failure to Consider Potential Negative Effects on Iconic Refuge Was Fatal Flaw

CALIFORNIA DROPS PARK HUNTING PLAN, FOR NOW

Conservation Groups Seek Increased Protection for Tolowa Dunes State Park

EPA PRESCRIBES FLORIDA TOUGH MEDICINE FOR EVERGLADES

State May Balk at Stringent Federal Water Quality Measures and Timetables

OSHA SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WHISTLE BLOWING BUSINESS

Scathing GAO Report Cements Case for a Separate Whistleblower Protection Agency