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Judge Holds Feds to the Fire on Chemical-Spill Reporting

From: Courthouse News Service

“As public interest organizations, the plaintiffs argued that delays in reporting of accidental emissions make their job of raising community awareness…

Federal Judge Orders Chemical Safety Board to Require Disclosure of Chemical Emissions from Accidents

From: Washington Post

“Mehta observed that the agency has had more than 20 years — far in excess of any “unreasonable delay” — to promulgate a final regulation and ordered the board…

Trump to Nominate Bernhardt as Interior Secretary

From: Politico

“Nine of Interior’s 17 political positions are empty, according to a list compiled by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental group made up…

Is Tampa Sewage Polluting the Bay? No, Says City. Yes, Says Environmental Group

From: Tampa Bay Times

“An environmental group is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to step in to correct what it says is the state’s failure to fix repeated violations…

Suit on Obligations for Documenting Decisions Dismissed

From: FedWeek

“A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that could have better defined the responsibilities of agency officials to create and keep records related to their decisions,…


News Releases

NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL BUDGET SHRINKS BUT TASKS GROW

New Corzine Initiatives Will Worsen Already Large State Environmental Deficits

NEW WALLA WALLA RIVER RULE LEAVES FISH HIGH AND DRY

Proposed Instream Flow Falls Short for Bull Trout and Steelhead Salmon

CONGRESS WEIGHS FATE OF TROUBLED SPECIAL COUNSEL

Special Counsel Threatens Effectiveness of Congressional Whistleblower Reforms

EPA TO DEFANG ITS INSPECTOR GENERAL

Immediate Buy-Outs to Remove Auditors, Criminal Investigators and Chemists

RARE BUTTERFLY PROTECTED BY EMERGENCY OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CLOSURE IN SAND MTN NEVADA

RENO, Nev.– Yesterday the Bureau of Land Management announced an emergency closure of 3,985 acres of public land in and adjacent to the Sand Mountain Recreation Area near Fallon, Nevada, to off-road…