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'WHERE IS EVERYBODY?' SENATORS ASK OF MISSING TRUMP PICKS

From: Greenwire

“Last month, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility asked Interior's inspector general to probe the agency's use of temporary or acting directors and whether…

EPA CHIEF'S CLEAN-WATER ROLLBACK SHAPED BY SECRECY, LUXURY TRAVEL AND HANDPICKED AUDIENCES

From: LA Times

“The effort is aimed at removing federal Clean Water Act protection from millions of miles of streams and wetlands, including more than 80% of the waters in California…

FEDS’ DISCOUNTED GRAZING FEES HURT TAXPAYERS, ENVIRONMENT, REPORT SAYS

From: The Daily Yonder

““While heavily subsidized grazing is not new to this administration, reducing low fees even further is a step in the wrong direction,” said Kirsten Stade, advocacy…

INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE'S NRA VISIT AMONG SEVERAL TRIPS BEING QUESTIONED

From: CNN

“Internal emails obtained by the nonprofit group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and shared with CNN, show the logistical hoops Park Service staff jumped…

THE EPA WANTS TO COMBINE THREE OFFICES INTO ONE. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

From: Buzzfeed News

“"By merging these offices, to me, it seems like another nail in the coffin of science," Kyla Bennett, who ran wetland enforcement and permitting in EPA's New England…


News Releases

BID TO HIKE SEWAGE CONTENT OF NEW JERSEY RIVERS

Sewer Plants Ask Christie Administration to Relax Water Supply Protections

EPA RETREATS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Convoluted Guidance Paralyzes Decisions as Priority Pollution Efforts Ebb

FDA SHOULD TEST GULF SEAFOOD FOR DISPERSANT CONTAMINATION

Legal Petition Demands FDA Move beyond Sensory Test to Look at Chemicals

LEGAL MOVE TO OUTLAW LEAD-BASED AMMO & FISHING TACKLE

Lead Poisoning Kills Millions of Wild Birds and Poses Human Health Risk

BAN COAL ASH FROM FEDERAL PROCUREMENT

Huge Carbon Footprint Should Disqualify Combustion Wastes under Obama Order