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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

LAWSUIT FILED TO BAR GE CROPS FROM NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Delaware’s Bombay Hook Lacks Required Environmental Review and Justification

CALL FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW OF BISON RANGE OPERATIONS

Documents Show Poaching, Policing, Pesticide and Financial Problems on Refuge

COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF NEW JERSEY SCIENCE BOARD NOMINEES

Successful Open Records Suit to Reveal Industry Sponsorship of Science Board Picks

OSHA STANDARD-SETTING BROKEN AND MOVING IN WRONG DIRECTION

Backlog of Thousands of Chemicals Worsened by Constipated Process and Timidity

BISON KILLED IN ANNUAL BISON RANGE ROUNDUP

Tribal Workers’ Inability to Ride Horses Causes Safety and Management Headaches