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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

EPA STILL CANNOT FIND PRUITT’S ALTERNATE CLIMATE SCIENCE

Agency Asks Court for More Time to Develop “an Appropriate Search Methodology”

SUIT TO RESTORE LOUISIANA BLACK BEAR FEDERAL PROTECTIONS

Iconic “Teddy’s Bear” in Continued Jeopardy; Small Remnants Far from Recovery

STATES CONTINUE EXPANDING WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS

Ten States Upgraded Laws in Past Year but Wide Variations in Coverage Remain

EPA AGENTS FIGHTING ECO-CRIME DROP AS SECURITY DETAIL GROWS

Fewer Investigators Translates into Fewer Referrals, Prosecutions, and Defendants

NO WHISTLEBLOWER RELIEF IN BROKEN CIVIL SERVICE COURT

Without a Quorum, MSPB Paralyzed as Cases in Backlog Limbo Now Exceed 1,100