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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

NEW JERSEY FORFEITS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN POLLUTION DAMAGES

Court Ruling Faults DEP for Failure to Enact Rules to Compensate Public

WHITE HOUSE DECLARES SCIENCE PRIORITIES FOR FY 2009

Engineering over Environment, Applied over Basic, Corporate over Public

FEDS SAY NEW JERSEY WATER STANDARDS DO NOT PROTECT WILDLIFE

Bald Eagles, Falcons, Mussels and Others at Risk from Mercury, DDT and PCBs

ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CRASH IN FEDERAL COYOTE HUNT

Second Aerial Gunning Accident in Two Months as Call for Ban Mounts

AGENCY AUDIT VERIFIES WHISTLEBLOWER MISMANAGEMENT CHARGES

Interior Continues to Mangle Indian Trust Accounts, Losing Millions Monthly