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The Key Questions the Senate Should Ask Trump's Nominee to Head the Department of Interior

From: Pacific Standard

“Will Bernhardt continue these practices? Will he continue the Trump administration's effort to bend public lands management to the will of the fossil fuel powers?…

Court Orders Chemical Safety Board to Get Cracking on Reporting Rules

From: Reuters

“A federal judge in Washington, DC has ordered a federal agency to issue rules in the next 12 months for reporting accidental chemical releases, handing environmental…

Watchdog Group: EPA Sharing Pro-Trump Resignation Letter Violated Laws Against Campaigning on Public Dime

From: EcoWatch

“PEER claims the press office's actions violated the Hatch Act, or An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, which mandates that civil servants not campaign…

EPA Press Office Under Fire for Releasing Politically Charged Resignation Letter

From: Government Executive

“The letter, according to news reports and confirmed by EPA to Government Executive, was provided to reporters by the press office. That prompted the nonprofit…

Feds Given 12 Months to Release Chemical Safety Rule

From: Bloomberg News

“The court rejected the CSB’s argument that the delay was reasonable given its “limited resources and competing priorities.” If their inaction is caused by a lack…


News Releases

NEW JERSEY EXEMPTS FLOOD OF PROJECTS FROM FLOOD HAZARD RULES

DEP Confirms Flood Prevention and Stream Buffer Protection Loopholes

MOUNTAIN BIKE GROUP WANTS ACCESS TO PARK BACKCOUNTRY TRAILS

NPS Director Appears This Week at International Mountain Biking Convention

FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES DOWNWARD SLIDE

Municipalities Now Account for Half of All Major Pollution Violations

EPA LIBRARY ON EFFECTS OF NEW CHEMICALS WILL REMAIN CLOSED

Four Key Committee Chairs Ask GAO to Review EPA Library “Restoration” Plans

ARMY’S $100 MILLION HOUSING FROM HELL: ALASKA’S TAKU GARDENS

Responsibility Evaded for Uninhabitable Base Family Housing atop Weapons Dump