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Is Trump Using the Shutdown to Serve Energy and Hunting Special Interests?

From: TruthOut

“Several moves by the Interior Department to bring back furloughed staff to attend to oil and gas activities aren’t sitting well with some elected officials. Arizona’s…

Is the Trump Administration ‘Gaming the Shutdown’ to Serve Energy and Hunting Special Interests?

From: The Revelator

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit that advocates for public employees who work on environmental issues,…

Gaming the System

From: The Washington Post

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental advocacy group, is calling on the Government Accountability Office to probe whether the…

Government Shutdown Becomes a ‘Polluters Holiday’

From: Environment News Service

“Federal biological, pollution, and food safety monitoring has been suspended as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed and forbidden…

EPA should be making more criminal referrals for polluters

From: Kentucky Kernel

“The story reported that EPA referrals resulted in 62 federal convictions in the year 2018, making it the fewest convictions since 1995. Under Bill Clinton’s presidency…


News Releases

MICHIGAN GIVE FEDS NOTICE OF SURRENDERING WETLANDS PROGRAM

U.S. EPA and Army Corps to Begin Take-Over of State Permits and Enforcement

MAINE’S SEARS ISLAND PORT PLAN SLAMMED

Wetland Mitigation Bank Falls Flat as Gambit for Cargo Container Port

OIL AND GAS DRILLING LABELED MAJOR THREAT TO EASTERN FORESTS

U.S. Forest Service Flying Blind on Drilling Impacts Yet Still Issues More Permits

NATIONAL PARK LEAD AMMO BAN IN DOUBT

NRA Goes Ballistic on Gun-Shy Obama Administration

LAKE OKEECHOBEE FLOW CUTOFF LOOMS

Lee County Decries Drinking Water Woes and Caloosahatchee Salinity