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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

AMERICA’S TEN MOST IMPERILED WILDLIFE REFUGES

Threatened by Oil Drilling, Mining, Roads, ORV Use and, Above All – Politics

CLOSED EPA LIBRARIES TO RETURN IN LAVATORY-SIZED SPACES

Political Appointee Asserts Control over All Libraries, Repeals 30-Year-Old Manual

PROBE CALLED FOR IN NEW JERSEY TOXIC HIGH SCHOOL FIASCO

Inspector General Asked Why “Kiddie Kollege” Law Failed Clifton High School

SHELL’S REVOLVING DOOR SWINGS U.S. ARCTIC DRILLING PROGRAM

Oil Company Grabs Top Agency Managers to Push What They Used to Regulate

FIGHT TO RE-CLASSIFY PYGMY OWL AS ENDANGERED

Conservationists Take First Step to Re-establish Protections for the Pygmy Owl