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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

EPA OPENS CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT TO CORPORATE LOBBYING

New Process Marginalizes Government Scientists and Promotes Industry Influence

NEW JERSEY TO PRIVATIZE POLLUTION REGULATION TO SAVE MONEY

Outsourcing Clean-Ups Is Recipe for More Toxic Disasters, Legislature Told

U.S. OFFSHORE LEASING PREMISED ON FUTURE OF CHEAP OIL

Planning Assumes $30 a Barrel Oil to Minimize Potential Environmental Impacts

AUDIT FINDS MAJOR HAZARDS IN INTERIOR DEPARTMENT

28% of HQ Workers Cite Health Threat – Modernization “Pause” for Evaluation

NEW JERSEY TO CONSULT INDUSTRY ON ECO-REWRITES IN SECRET

“Efficiency” Task Force Members Not Barred from Self-Dealing with DEP