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The Key Questions the Senate Should Ask Trump's Nominee to Head the Department of Interior

From: Pacific Standard

“Will Bernhardt continue these practices? Will he continue the Trump administration's effort to bend public lands management to the will of the fossil fuel powers?…

Court Orders Chemical Safety Board to Get Cracking on Reporting Rules

From: Reuters

“A federal judge in Washington, DC has ordered a federal agency to issue rules in the next 12 months for reporting accidental chemical releases, handing environmental…

Watchdog Group: EPA Sharing Pro-Trump Resignation Letter Violated Laws Against Campaigning on Public Dime

From: EcoWatch

“PEER claims the press office's actions violated the Hatch Act, or An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, which mandates that civil servants not campaign…

EPA Press Office Under Fire for Releasing Politically Charged Resignation Letter

From: Government Executive

“The letter, according to news reports and confirmed by EPA to Government Executive, was provided to reporters by the press office. That prompted the nonprofit…

Feds Given 12 Months to Release Chemical Safety Rule

From: Bloomberg News

“The court rejected the CSB’s argument that the delay was reasonable given its “limited resources and competing priorities.” If their inaction is caused by a lack…


News Releases

FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE IN FLORIDA: PORTRAIT OF A FAILED AGENCY

Obama Pick Piecemeals Florida Panther and Other Endangered Species to Extinction

TEFLON COATS PUBLIC AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Jackson Sought to Have New Jersey PFOA Study Pulled from Publication

FUEL TAX SURPLUS COULD SAVE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS

Funds Earmarked for Off-Road Recreation Which Generates Only 1/6th of Revenue

FEDERAL WILDLIFE AGENT WHISTLEBLOWER REINSTATED FOR APPEAL

Judge Finds “Substantial Likelihood” Whistleblower Will Prevail in His Complaint

ONE-THIRD OF WILDLIFE REFUGES USE GM CROPS IN SOUTHEAST

Genetically Modified Seeds Okayed by Obama Fish & Wildlife Service Director Pick Hamilton