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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

INTERIOR STIFLES GRAND CANYON PARK CALL FOR MORE RIVER SURGES

Colorado River to Be Managed for Maximum Power Generation Not Wildlife Benefit

ENCAP DEBACLE LOOMS OVER LATEST NEW JERSEY WATER FUND PLAN

Impending Legislative Approval Fails to Address Root Causes of Smoldering Scandal

MASSACHUSETTS RECHARGE PLAN PUTS DRINKING WATER AT RISK

Industrial Polluters Escape Monitoring, Enforcement and Ongoing Safeguards

EPA MISDEEDS ON TRIAL IN OMBUDSMAN WHISTLEBLOWER HEARING

Witnesses Detail 9/11 Contamination, Toxic Fertilizer and Litany of Other Failings

“GRANDFATHER” STAMPEDE IN DELAYED NEW JERSEY STREAM RULES

Statewide Clean Water Protections Honeycombed with Special Interest Exceptions