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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

SPRAWL IS STEADILY POISONING MORE NEW JERSEY LAKES AND STREAMS

Most Waters Unfit for Direct Human Contact; Statewide Fish Health Advisories

BLM WHISTLEBLOWER WINS APPEAL OVER TOXIC NEVADA MINE

Labor Department Confirms Retaliatory Firing in Violation of Anti-Pollution Laws

WIDESPREAD CONTAMINATION FOUND IN NEW JERSEY DRINKING WATER

Survey of Wells Is Far From Well; State Does Not Follow-Up on Pollutants

EPA ELBOWS CORPS ASIDE TO PROTECT WESTERN RIVERS

L.A. and Santa Cruz Rivers Will Benefit from Clean Water Act Safeguards

PARK SERVICE WAVES WHITE FLAG ON LITTLE BIGHORN VISITOR CENTER

Lawsuit Halted Plan to Build a Theater at Base of “Last Stand Hill”