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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

PRUITT HIJACKS NATIONAL STREAM AND WETLANDS PROTECTIONS

Pruitt Strips EPA Offices of Decision Power on Pebble Mine and Other Big Projects

ASSAULT RIFLE SLAUGHTER OF WOLVES OUTSIDE DENALI

Alaska Belatedly Imposes No-Hunt Buffer to Avert Wolf Population Implosion

EPA POLLUTION ENFORCEMENT SHRIVELS ACROSS THE BOARD

Pruitt Pushing Polluter Settlements behind Closed Doors for “Informal” Handling

TRUMP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL SECURITY RISK

President Creates Climate Miasma in Contradicting Both Himself and His Pentagon

BAY STATE SOUTH COAST RAIL PLAN TETHERED TO A LEAD BALLOON

Retaining Controversial Stoughton Alternative Dooms the Entire Plan to Failure