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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

ALASKA PERMANENT FUND WEANS OFF FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES

Both Portfolio Percentage and Return-on-Investment in Oil & Gas Down Sharply

PRUITT LEGAL DEFENSE FUND UNETHICAL AND POSSIBLY CRIMINAL

Attorney General Asked to Review Pruitt’s Fundraising to Fend Off Official Inquiries

MEGA-POLLUTION VIOLATIONS BEFOUL ST. JOHNS RIVER

Non-Enforcement Leaves Florida’s Longest River with Excess Bacteria and Nutrients

HUNTERS POINT RADIATION PROBLEMS WORSEN

Navy Says Tetra Tech Building Radiation Survey Data Are Also Bogus

TONGASS “GOOD NEIGHBOR” AGREEMENT GOES BAD

Alexander Archipelago Logging Did No Restoration and Timber Exported to Asia