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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

SPECIAL COUNSEL PADS HIS RECORD ON EVE OF OVERSIGHT HEARING

Groups Accuse Special Counsel of Misleading Congress

MOUNTAIN BIKE DEAL MAY OPEN UP PARK WILDERNESS

5.5 Million Acres of Wild Lands Vulnerable to New Mountain Bike Trails

TOP EPA OFFICIAL TESTIFIES AGAINST OWN AGENCY IN CRIMINAL TRIAL

Jimmy Palmer Sides With Developer Found Guilty of Water Pollution, Fraud and Conspiracy

CALL FOR GRAND JURY ON ENVIRONMENTAL RACKETEERING IN FLORIDA

Probe Needed on Role of Campaign Cash in Obstructing Pollution Enforcement

“SCOTCHGARD” WHISTLEBLOWER FILES FEDERAL COMPLAINT

Minnesota Scientist Cites Threats By Ex-3M Executive Heading Pollution Agency