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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 OVERSIGHT OF STATE PERMITS EVAPORATING

Staff Ordered Not to Transmit Comments Even on Controversial Projects

EPA PRESS OFFICE DISTRIBUTES TRUMP CAMPAIGN PROMO

U.S. Special Counsel Asked to Look at EPA Press Office Hatch Act Violations

BERNHARDT BRAGS OF INTERIOR ETHICS TURNAROUND

Claims Progress in Stemming “Avalanche of Ethical Misconduct” across All Bureaus

COURT ORDERS DISCLOSURE OF CHEMICAL ACCIDENT EMISSIONS

Chemical Safety Board Shirked Its Clean Air Act Mandate to Protect Communities

BLM CUTS ENGINEERING OVERSIGHT OF AGING TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE

BLM Alaska Downsizing Reduces Both Staff and Oil Company Reimbursements