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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

NOT ALL THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WANTS A WALL

EPA Guidance Says Surveillance Technology Supplants Need for Physical Barriers

NHTSA INACTION ON CARBON MONOXIDE DRAWS A LAWSUIT

Documents on Keyless Ignitions and Lack of CO Safety Features Sought

MANATEE DEATHS IN 2018 APPROACHING ALL-TIME RECORD

More Than One-Seventh of Population Perished as Red Tide Mortality Tripled

INTERIOR TO DENY MORE FOIA REQUESTS - ESPECIALLY FROM MEDIA

Proposed Rules Facilitate Request, Fee Waiver, and Expedited Processing Rejections

PERSECUTION OF TOP FEDERAL CLIMATE SCIENTIST

CDC Buries Climate-Health Program, Reassigns, Gags and Threatens Epidemiologist