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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

BUFFALO BETRAYED BY OFFICIAL CRUELTY AND INDIFFERENCE

Massive Slaughter Makes Bison Logo for Federal Agency “Misleading Advertising”

FIX FOR NEW ORLEANS MEANS BIG PAYDAY FOR CORPS INSIDER

Three-Year Corps Contract Will Pour Money into Former Chief’s Firm

STATE ANTI-POLLUTION ENFORCERS FEAR REPRISAL

Florida DEP “Climate Survey” Results Not So Sunny

EPA OKAYS CHEMICAL TESTING ON FETAL TISSUE

Mysterious Language Change Buried within Final Human Subject Testing Rule

NEW JERSEY PROPOSES PCB PLAN, BUT LEAVES OUT NUMERICAL LIMITS

Industry-Backed Pollution Scheme for Dirty Waters Will Not Pass Legal Muster