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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

SOUTH FLORIDA AWASH IN COW MANURE

State Allows Massive Animal Waste Discharges to Surface and Ground Waters

PRUITT HAD NO CLIMATE DATA, EPA ADMITS

EPA Asking Its Climate Experts if They Know of Any Alternative Science

WILDLIFE REFUGES TO ALLOW GM CROPS AND NEONIC INSECTICIDES

Reversal of National Ban Threatens Pollinators and Other Wildlife in Their Refuges

Federal Court Rules that CREW and PEER Records Lawsuit Against Pruitt and EPA May Proceed

Washington — This week, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg issued an order allowing a Federal Records Act (FRA) lawsuit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and…

AUTOPSY OF TOXIC EPA PRESS OFFICE

Documents Depict Tax-Supported War Room Engaged in Character Assassination