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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

EPA SPARKS IDAHO-WASHINGTON WATER POLLUTION FIGHT

EPA Permits for Spokane River in Idaho Violate Washington Pollution Limits

MANURE PILES LEFT FOR NEXT ADMINISTRATION

EPA Defers Factory Farm Water Pollution Rules until February 2009

NEW WHISTLEBLOWER SURFACES AT CHEMICAL WEAPON DEPOT

Worker Safety, Environmental Violations and Data Falsification at Kentucky Facility

LEGACY OF SCIENTIFIC FRAUD HONED BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION

Julie MacDonald Scandal Symptomatic of Broad Pattern of Mendacity

NEW JERSEY DOES ITS ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

State Claims “Executive Privilege” to Shield Meeting Logs; Petition Filed