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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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
DEP Science Advisory Board Studded with Industry Employees and Consultants
No Safeguards against Political Manipulation of Science despite Repeated Scandals
Congress Heaps on New Whistleblower Jurisdiction without Resources to Implement
No Strategy or Resources to Counter the Silent Epidemic of Workplace Exposures
Drinking Water Institute Chair Resigns in Frustration; Successor to be Announced