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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

SUIT TO STOP ILLEGAL AGRICULTURE ON PRIME HOOK WILDLIFE REFUGE

Top Bush Official Overrode Delaware Refuge Ecological Objections to GE Crops

BUILDERS' LOBBYIST TAPPED AS TOP STATE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATOR

Wittenberg Will Oversee Environmental Rules She Criticized as Lobbyist

PROTECTION SOUGHT FOR APLOMADO FALCON HABITAT

Oil & Gas A Growing Threat To Rare Raptor

NATIONAL FORESTS TO ALLOW CORPORATE ADS

Local Restrictions on Liquor and Tobacco Advertising Will Be Preempted

POLLUTION PENALTIES PLUMMET IN FLORIDA

Enforcement at Near Record Low Levels; “Pay-to-Pollute” is the Norm