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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

KEY LARGO OFFICE CLOSING IS RETALIATION AGAINST DEP BIOLOGIST

Environmental Concerns About 18-Mile Stretch Widening Were Suppressed

ROMNEY USED CONSERVATION MONEY FOR SUPER BOWL RALLY

Department Head Protested and Was Fired

BUSH BUDGET ZEROES OUT UPPER MISSISSIPPI LOCKS

Only Minor Funding for Environmental Restoration

FISH & WILDLIFE SCIENCE POLLUTED BY FLORIDA POLITICS

Survey Validates Concerns Raised by Panther Whistleblower

POLITICS TRUMPS SCIENCE AT U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Survey Reveals Inappropriate Orders to Alter Scientific Findings, Decisions