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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

SUIT TO AIR INTERNAL EPA PROTESTS ON RADIATION EXPOSURE PLAN

Experts’ Objections to Radically Higher Radiation Exposure Levels Yet to Be Seen

PEER ENDORSES BOLD POSITION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH

Groups Uniting Across Political Spectrum

KATRINA CLEAN-UP RIFE WITH FRAUD AND MAYHEM

Documents Prompt Call for Review of Army Corps Contractor Supervision

PROFESSOR STRIPPED OF NOAA FUNDING FOR ADVOCACY

University of Alaska President Upholds Grant Removal and Office Eviction

CALIFORNIA TO SET FIRST HEX CHROMIUM DRINKING WATER LEVEL

Public Health Advocates Urge Adoption of Safe Standard Found by Science Agency