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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

NATIONAL PARK CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROGRAMS IN TATTERS

NAPA Finds Historic Resources “at Risk” due to Low Support and Poor Leadership

NAVY DOWNSIZES PUGET SOUND DETONATIONS

Fewer Blasts, Smaller Charges and Long-Sought Marine Monitoring Adopted

ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS AT TYNDALL AFB SUBJECT OF LAWSUIT

Force Withholding Internal Investigation Confirming Whistleblower Charges

SERIOUS CONTAMINATION OF U.S. SUGAR LANDS IGNORED FOR DECADES

Less than $17,000 in Florida State Pollution Penalty Assessments Over 20 Years

CALIFORNIA DESERT’S SIX MILLION ACRE QUESTION MARK

Bill Establishing Landscape Conservation System Fudges on CDCA Inclusion