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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

FEDERAL BIOLOGIST FACES FIRING FOR E-MAILING ENVIRONMENTALISTS

Bureau of Reclamation Cites “Subversive” Behavior in Revealing Agency Misdeeds

FWS TERMINATES CONTROVERSIAL BISON RANGE AGREEMENT

Agency Rebuffs Efforts by Tribe to Assume Management of Entire Refuge in FY 2007

GROUPS CONTEST DENIAL OF FEDERAL PROTECTION TO DECLINING PRAIRIE DOG

Illegal Political Interference Cited in Lawsuit

NEW PARK DIRECTOR FACES FIRST TEST ON GULF ISLANDS ROAD

Plan to Armor Road Requires Director to Set Aside Conservation Rules

CORPS POST-KATRINA PLAN PROMOTES MORE WETLANDS DESTRUCTION

Substantial Relaxation of Wetland Protections for Gulf Endangers Coastal Communities