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Judge Holds Feds to the Fire on Chemical-Spill Reporting

From: Courthouse News Service

“As public interest organizations, the plaintiffs argued that delays in reporting of accidental emissions make their job of raising community awareness…

Federal Judge Orders Chemical Safety Board to Require Disclosure of Chemical Emissions from Accidents

From: Washington Post

“Mehta observed that the agency has had more than 20 years — far in excess of any “unreasonable delay” — to promulgate a final regulation and ordered the board…

Trump to Nominate Bernhardt as Interior Secretary

From: Politico

“Nine of Interior’s 17 political positions are empty, according to a list compiled by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental group made up…

Is Tampa Sewage Polluting the Bay? No, Says City. Yes, Says Environmental Group

From: Tampa Bay Times

“An environmental group is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to step in to correct what it says is the state’s failure to fix repeated violations…

Suit on Obligations for Documenting Decisions Dismissed

From: FedWeek

“A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that could have better defined the responsibilities of agency officials to create and keep records related to their decisions,…


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