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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…


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ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT FELL INTO DISUSE UNDER NOMINEE

Only One Jeopardy Opinion in Nearly 6,000 Consultations as Staff Told to Refrain

AMERICA'S TEN MOST IMPERILED WILDLIFE REFUGES

Climate Change and Coping with Climate Change Challenge Nature Sanctuaries

CHAMBERS WINS APPEAL AGAINST U.S. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT

Privacy Act Violation for Bush Officials Destroying Favorable Personnel Evaluation

POLITICAL MANIPULATION OF SCIENCE RIFE DURING NOMINEE’S TENURE

Fish & Wildlife Service Southeast Region Employees Saw Interference and Reprisal

GRAND CANYON THREATENED BY OFF-ROAD VEHICLE PLAN

Groups Protest ORV Penetration into Habitat and Across Archaeological Sites