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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

PROPOSED NEW WATER RULES: HALP EMPTY OR HALF FULL?

Contacts: Jeff Tittel, NJ Sierra Club, (609) 558-9100; Dave Pringle, NJ Env Federation, (732) 996-4288; Bill Wolfe, NJ PEER (609) 397-4861

Trenton - Over the last twenty years,…

BAD AIR AT INTERIOR HQ RECONSTRUCTION ADMITTED

Previous Assurances of Safe Conditions to Employees, Congress and Media Untrue

EPA STRIVES TO SCORE STYLE POINTS

Detailed Style Manual to Aid “Brand Extension” Yet No Plan for Global Warming

U.S. ARMY TO CONTRACT OUT ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF

Call for Congressional Intervention to Avert Litigation

GRILES SEEKS TO ESCAPE JAIL BY WORKING FOR DISNEY

Plea to Judge Blurs Line between Community Service and Corporate Networking