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Ethics Experts Explain How to Protect Taxpayers From Pruitt-Like Scandals

From: Think Progress

"Among its more than a dozen recommendations, the OIG says the EPA should recover these funds from the “responsible official or officials.” Ten of the 14 recommendations…

Wallace Could Fill Extended Interior Vacancy

From: Jackson Hole News & Guide

"If confirmed, in fact, Wallace would oversee two agencies that have lacked Senate-confirmed leadership dating to when Trump took office. Dan Smith,…

Parents, Schools Await Results of Federal Health Study into Synthetic Turf with Tire Crumbs

From: The Oregonian

"This delay was entirely predictable based on the history of this issue particularly and of the current administration’s languid stance on health and safety,” he…

Toothless Law Lets White House Keep Jobs Vacant

From: E&E News

"More than halfway through President Trump's first term, the Interior Department remains rife with key vacancies despite a federal law that suggests the agency should…

PEER Challenges Legality of NPS Operations Deputy Appointment

From: Federal News Network

"PEER said David Vela can’t legally serve as the National Park Service’s acting deputy director for operations because he was appointed by another deputy…


News Releases

REFINERY EXPLOSIONS HIGHLIGHT LACK OF EMISSION REPORTING

Mandated New Rule to Give Communities and Responders Key Information

DIRTY RECS FOUL RENEWABLE ENERGY IN MARYLAND

Incineration and other dirty fuels dressed up and sold as “green” to consumers

Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Nydia Velázquez join agricultural and health experts and environmental advocates for congressional briefing on toxic pesticides

WASHINGTON— A coalition of environmental and public interest organizations will hold a congressional briefing Wednesday to discuss the devastating impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides. The briefing will…

CHANCES OF SEEING DENALI WOLVES IN THE WILD NOW REMOTE

1% Viewing Success Record Low After State Eliminated No-Hunt Buffers

TOXIC FOREVER CHEMICALS INFEST ARTIFICIAL TURF

Processing aids that contaminate synthetic turf with PFAS may be in other plastic goods