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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

U.S. PARK POLICE AT LOWEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN A DECADE

Retirements Will Send Force Lower as Assaults on Officers Rise

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK PLAN SHORTCHANGES WILDERNESS

Development Promoted While Rivers and Wild Lands Shortchanged

PRIVACY OF PEER MEMBERSHIP LIST UPHELD

Tennessee & Co. Sought Names of Government “Double Agents” in Landfill Fight

EPA ENFORCEMENT THREATENED BY LIBRARY CLOSURES

Prosecutions at Risk from Loss of Timely Access to Key Documents

FLORIDA NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE ON HURRICANE EVACUATIONS

Lessons Learned from Earlier Florida Hurricanes Not Being Applied