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Dunes Action Calls on DNR to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Pavilion Project Changes

From: Chesterton Tribune

“Both Dunes Action and the National Park Service (NPS) have recently sent letters to the DNR. NPS asked that the DNR direct Pavilion Partners LLC to either…

GAO May Weigh in on Zinke’s Temporary Filling of Political Positions

From: Federal News Radio

“In February, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility urged Interior’s Office of the Inspector General to look into what it considered “blatant violations”…

Navy’s Hunters Point Retesting Plan Draws on Questionable Cost-Cutting Study

From: San Francisco Chronicle

“The U.S. Navy’s latest promise to clean up radioactive soil and buildings at its former San Francisco shipyard relies on an earlier Navy effort to remove…

The EPA Can’t Stop Polluters When the Trump Administration Cuts Enforcement Staff

From: Union of Concerned Scientists

“n addition to reductions in staff focused on pollution prevention, it also means reductions in staff for those who work on environmental cleanup,…

Zinke Yields to States on Fish and Wildlife

From: Greenwire

“Individual states will wield more clout over fish and wildlife on about 780,000 square miles of Interior Department land nationwide under a new policy outlined by Interior…


News Releases

FILTER THE CHEMICAL SOUP IN NEW JERSEY’S DRINKING WATER

Available Treatments Could Screen Hundreds of Unregulated Compounds from Taps

INTERIOR POSTS ONLY HALF OF A SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY POLICY

Draft Would Punish Scientists But Not Protect Against Political Manipulation

EXXON VALDEZ DAMAGES REMAIN UNSETTLED AFTER 21 YEARS

Inability to Document Natural Resource Damages May Bedevil BP Spill Payments

ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS IN LIVESTOCK THREATEN HUMAN HEALTH

FDA Voluntary “Judicious Use” Plan Too Weak and Narrow to Abate Risks

SPIKING MERCURY LEVELS IN COAL ASH POSE NEW RISKS

Tougher Pollution Controls Multiply Toxic Potency of Coal Combustion Wastes