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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

STATES STRENGTHEN WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION LAWS

States Moving Past Federal Government in Safeguarding Civil Servant Disclosures

DEADLY DOMESTIC SHEEP DISEASE THREATENS ENDANGERED SIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN

Feds Threatened With Legal Action to Close Grazing Allotments, Remedy Endangered Species Act Violations

PLIGHT OF WHISTLEBLOWERS SHOWS NO IMPROVEMENT

Federal Employees Face Blackballing and Career Derailment for Reporting Problems

CONSTITUTIONAL CLASH OVER DEFUNCT LAND EXCHANGE

Major Religious Establishment Case Rooted in Mojave Cross Deal

DEMOCRATS PRESSURE EPA TO GREEN-LIGHT PORK

Rep. Frank Says EPA Will Bar Anyone with a “Record of Hostility” to Pet Project