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GROUPS SUE EPA OVER LACK OF RECORDS

From: The Hill

“"Under Scott Pruitt, the EPA has assumed a bunker mentality where paper trails are religiously avoided unless penned in invisible ink,” PEER counsel Adam Carlesco said…

EPA AND SCOTT PRUITT SUED BY GROUPS ALLEGING AGENCY VIOLATED FEDERAL RECORDS LAWS

From: CNBC

“These actions prevent Americans from obtaining records of EPA processes and decision-making through the Freedom of Information Act, according to Citizens for Responsibility…

TRESPASSING ALIENS; GARBAGE PRIVACY; BRAND YOUR CALVES

From: High Country News

“Apparently, the public will never learn about the reasoning, scientific or otherwise, that formed Pruitt’s opinion, because the Justice Department — representing…

DUELING LAWS AT PLAY IN WHETHER INTERIOR APPOINTMENTS ARE LEGAL

From: National Parks Traveler

“In essence, said Michael Nixon, PEER's strategic programs director, while the 1998 Reform Act did provide for some agency exceptions that allowed appointments…

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP CHARGES INTERIOR WITH ILLEGALLY FILLING TOP VACANCIES

From: Government Executive

“The current top officers at the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management are working “in blatant violation…


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