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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

EPA REFUSES TO RELEASE RESULTS OF SCIENTIST SURVEYS

Group Sues to Force Disclosure of Polls of Agency Scientists

FBI TO INVESTIGATE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AGENCY HEAD

New Complaint Alleges Condoleezza Rice Probe Shelved Until After Election

FLORIDA FWS BIOLOGISTS ORDERED TO APPROVE ALL DEVELOPMENT

Panther Called a “Zoo Species”— Protecting Wild Habitat Futile

BERYLLIUM EFFECTS ON OSHA INSPECTORS WIDER THAN FEARED

Blood Abnormality Numbers More Than Triple and May Go Much Higher

BLM WIll SIGN FLAWED ALGODONES DUNES OFF-ROAD PLAN

Signing of one-sided dunes RAMP will not change on-the-ground habitat protections