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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

LIFT GAG ORDER MUZZLING NOAA SCIENTISTS

Rulemaking Petition to Commerce Secretary to Rescind Bush-Era Prior Restraints

OBAMA’S ORPHANED SCIENCE INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY PLEDGE

Promised Rules for Scientific Whistleblowers One Year Overdue and Counting

EPA SUSPENDS COAL ASH PROMOTION PROGRAM

Abrupt Removal of Own Website While Ash Re-Use Effort Is “Re-Evaluated”

NEW JERSEY FORFEITS MILLIONS ON PARK LEASES AND CONCESSIONS

Lapsed Leases, Below Market Rates and Sweetheart Deals Give Corporations Breaks

EPA FALSE CLAIMS OF GREENHOUSE GAS SAVINGS FROM COAL ASH

Complaint Filed to Delete Inaccurate Statements from EPA Website and Publications