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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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CRIST ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE FIZZLES

Fewer Pollution Fines Assessed While More Uncollected in Across-the-Board Decline

WESTPORT WETLANDS WHISTLEBLOWERS WIN

Settlement Affirms Conservation Commissioners’ Right to Act Free from Politics

NEW JERSEY SLAPS GAG ORDER ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS

Embarrassing Chromium Study Prompts Management Review of Scientific Findings

LAWSUIT TO FORCE EPA TO REVEAL ITS RESEARCH PLANS

Bush-Era “Transformation” of EPA Science Arm Rests on New “Business Model”

TERESA CHAMBERS FINALLY TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS

Long Ordeal of “Honest Chief” Underscores Need to Reform Whistleblower Laws