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The Key Questions the Senate Should Ask Trump's Nominee to Head the Department of Interior

From: Pacific Standard

“Will Bernhardt continue these practices? Will he continue the Trump administration's effort to bend public lands management to the will of the fossil fuel powers?…

Court Orders Chemical Safety Board to Get Cracking on Reporting Rules

From: Reuters

“A federal judge in Washington, DC has ordered a federal agency to issue rules in the next 12 months for reporting accidental chemical releases, handing environmental…

Watchdog Group: EPA Sharing Pro-Trump Resignation Letter Violated Laws Against Campaigning on Public Dime

From: EcoWatch

“PEER claims the press office's actions violated the Hatch Act, or An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, which mandates that civil servants not campaign…

EPA Press Office Under Fire for Releasing Politically Charged Resignation Letter

From: Government Executive

“The letter, according to news reports and confirmed by EPA to Government Executive, was provided to reporters by the press office. That prompted the nonprofit…

Feds Given 12 Months to Release Chemical Safety Rule

From: Bloomberg News

“The court rejected the CSB’s argument that the delay was reasonable given its “limited resources and competing priorities.” If their inaction is caused by a lack…


News Releases

FOREST SERVICE EYES OUTSOURCING TWO-THIRDS OF WORKFORCE

Thousands of Ranger, Biologist, Smoke-Jumper Jobs Out to Bid

3M CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION WIDESPREAD IN MINNESOTA

New Report Finds Worst PFC Pollution in Nation around Twin Cities

SIGNIFICANT HEALTH RISK FROM PFC LEVELS IN MINNESOTA FISH

State Balks on Issuing Health Advisories

INTERIOR IGNORING HUNDREDS OF HQ WORKER HEALTH COMPLAINTS

“Good Practices Are Not Being Followed” in Building Makeover, Says NIOSH Report

NATIONAL PARK PLAN ALLOWS GAME FARMS AND PREDATOR REDUCTION

Three W’s –Wildlife, Wilderness & Water – at Risk in Massive Park Policy Rewrite