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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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Seattle City Council Poised to Cede White River Game Management to Muckleshoot
Mounting Scandals Creating “Bunker Mentality” Inside Troubled Agency
State Pocked by Thousands of Hazardous Waste Sites with Little Monitoring
TELLURIDE, COLO. – San Miguel County in Colorado has formally joined an effort to protect the Gunnison sage-grouse under the federal Endangered Species Act. The County’s action is in response to a decision…
Series of Cleanup Fiascoes Have Communities Feeling Betrayed and Vulnerable