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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

INTERIOR SECRETARY VOWS AN ETHICAL CULTURE AMID SCANDALS

New Directives in Wake of Griles Prison Sentence and Spreading Investigations

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ASKED TO PLEDGE OPEN GOVERNMENT

Will Next President Stop Scientific Manipulation and Whistleblower Retaliation?

OSHA ORDERED TO RELEASE TOXIC EXPOSURE DATABASE

More than 25 Years of Workplace Sampling Yields Public Health Research Bonanza

RANGERS CALL OFF-ROAD VEHICLES BIGGEST THREAT TO PUBLIC LANDS

“Rangers for Responsible Recreation” Launched to Combat “Wreck-reation”

FOREST SERVICE MISMANAGEMENT OF OFF-ROAD VEHICLES SPURS SUIT THREAT

Sportsmen, conservationists join to protect prized trout habitat in NC and TN