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'WHERE IS EVERYBODY?' SENATORS ASK OF MISSING TRUMP PICKS

From: Greenwire

“Last month, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility asked Interior's inspector general to probe the agency's use of temporary or acting directors and whether…

EPA CHIEF'S CLEAN-WATER ROLLBACK SHAPED BY SECRECY, LUXURY TRAVEL AND HANDPICKED AUDIENCES

From: LA Times

“The effort is aimed at removing federal Clean Water Act protection from millions of miles of streams and wetlands, including more than 80% of the waters in California…

FEDS’ DISCOUNTED GRAZING FEES HURT TAXPAYERS, ENVIRONMENT, REPORT SAYS

From: The Daily Yonder

““While heavily subsidized grazing is not new to this administration, reducing low fees even further is a step in the wrong direction,” said Kirsten Stade, advocacy…

INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE'S NRA VISIT AMONG SEVERAL TRIPS BEING QUESTIONED

From: CNN

“Internal emails obtained by the nonprofit group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and shared with CNN, show the logistical hoops Park Service staff jumped…

THE EPA WANTS TO COMBINE THREE OFFICES INTO ONE. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

From: Buzzfeed News

“"By merging these offices, to me, it seems like another nail in the coffin of science," Kyla Bennett, who ran wetland enforcement and permitting in EPA's New England…


News Releases

VACUUM IN VACANCIES ACT POLICING

GAO Is Lackadaisical in Detecting and Reporting Illegal Acting Appointments

ZINKE ORDERS BROAD ROLLBACK OF WILDLIFE PROTECTIONS

Agencies Ordered to Defer to State Hunting and Fishing Practices Whenever Possible

GREAT LAKES NOT SO GREAT DUE TO POLLUTION

Virtually All Waters Classified “Impaired” By PCBs, Dioxin, Mercury, and Pesticides

TRUMP’S DISAPPOINTING PARKS DIRECTOR PICK

Nominee Has Anti-Wilderness, Non-Transparent, and Planning-Phobic Record

AMERICA’S COASTAL WATERS, BAYS, AND ESTUARIES IN BAD SHAPE

EPA Classifies the Vast Majority of Our Marine Waters “Impaired” by Pollution