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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

PENTAGON ORDERS STRONGER WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS

Mandatory Investigations, Punishment for Retaliators, Appeals and Wider Coverage

CONGRESS TO FINALLY PROBE MASSIVE 2002 KLAMATH FISH KILL

Water Levels Halved by Cheney and Political Appointees over Scientists’ Objections

FLORIDA’S STIFF NEW POLLUTION FINES SPURRED BY RED INK

DEP Too Poor to Pay for Prosecutions Needed to Collect Big Penalties

BLM SEES WORSENING OFF-ROAD CRISIS RISKING VISITOR SAFETY

Ranger Ordered to Ignore Emergency in “Near Riot” at Utah’s Little Sahara

MORE CRONY HIRING BY TOP CIVIL SERVICE GUARDIAN

Embattled Special Counsel Bloch Engineers “Burrowing In” During Final Months