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Bernhardt Must Renew 'Acting' Heads by Month's End

From: E&E News

“Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt must soon decide whether to maintain eight temporary agency directors, as the Trump administration presses into its third year…

Idled Federal Workers Called Back To Wildlife Refuges So People Can Hunt

From: Huffington Post

“Jeff Ruch, president of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told The Hill that the FWS decision appears to violate the terms of its own shutdown…

US Congress Allows Oil Spill Tax to Expire

From: Argus Media

“A US government trust fund used to clean up oil spills is losing out on millions of dollars in revenue after lawmakers allowed a 9¢/bl excise tax on refiners, importers…

Refuge Reinforcements Ride In, But Is It a Rescue?

From: E&E News

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, declared today that the FWS refuge reinforcements could compound risks for wildlife…

Interior Restaffs Some Wildlife Refuges During Shutdown

From: WFAE 90.7

“Just days after announcing that some furloughed staff will be returning to clean up trash-riddled national parks during the government shutdown, the Trump administration…


News Releases

CLIMATE SCIENTISTS FREED FROM AGENCY GAG ORDER

Commerce Prior Review Policy Does Not Apply to National Weather Service Workers

TEN QUESTIONS THE SENATE SHOULD ASK LISA JACKSON

Committee Urged to Scrutinize Jackson’s Actions and Decisions in New Jersey

DRILLING AND MINING IN STORE FOR TWO ICONIC SOUTHWEST PARKS

Falling Commodity Prices Brings Brief Reprieve for Petrified Forest and Aztec Ruins

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT NEEDS NEW BROOMS TO SWEEP IT CLEAN

whistleblowers and reformers required to rejuvenate ravaged agencies

GLOBAL WARMING PROGRESS UNDER BUSH ILLUSORY, AUDIT FINDS

State Greenhouse Gas Plans, Such as New Jersey’s, Suffer from Same Pitfalls