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GROUPS SUE EPA OVER LACK OF RECORDS

From: The Hill

“"Under Scott Pruitt, the EPA has assumed a bunker mentality where paper trails are religiously avoided unless penned in invisible ink,” PEER counsel Adam Carlesco said…

EPA AND SCOTT PRUITT SUED BY GROUPS ALLEGING AGENCY VIOLATED FEDERAL RECORDS LAWS

From: CNBC

“These actions prevent Americans from obtaining records of EPA processes and decision-making through the Freedom of Information Act, according to Citizens for Responsibility…

TRESPASSING ALIENS; GARBAGE PRIVACY; BRAND YOUR CALVES

From: High Country News

“Apparently, the public will never learn about the reasoning, scientific or otherwise, that formed Pruitt’s opinion, because the Justice Department — representing…

DUELING LAWS AT PLAY IN WHETHER INTERIOR APPOINTMENTS ARE LEGAL

From: National Parks Traveler

“In essence, said Michael Nixon, PEER's strategic programs director, while the 1998 Reform Act did provide for some agency exceptions that allowed appointments…

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP CHARGES INTERIOR WITH ILLEGALLY FILLING TOP VACANCIES

From: Government Executive

“The current top officers at the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management are working “in blatant violation…


News Releases

ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES DECLINE UNDER BUSH

Sharp Drop in New Case Referrals Means Fewer Civil and Criminal Prosecutions

BUSH DECLARES ECO-WHISTLEBLOWER LAW VOID FOR EPA EMPLOYEES

Stealth Repeal of Clean Water Act Protections by Invoking “Sovereign Immunity”

BLM WHISTLEBLOWER WINS RULING ON TOXIC NEVADA MINE

BLM Illegally Fired Manager for Disclosing Pollution Dangers

FOREST SERVICE CANNOT SUPPORT SAVINGS CLAIMS FOR OUTSOURCING

Independent Audit Casts Doubts on Administration Estimates

NEW JERSEY TOXIC CLEANUP PROGRAM EXPOSED AS TOOTHLESS TIGER

State Allows Industry to Control Cleanup Even In Most Egregious Cases