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Post-Shutdown, An Ocean of Outrage Greets Interior’s Proposed FOIA Changes

From: Think Progress

“More than 130 groups and organizations have submitted public comments opposing the Interior Department’s efforts to crack down on public information requests —…

Proposed FOIA Rule Provokes Response

From: Coastal Review

“Information provided on the Federal Register states that the Department published a final rule in 2012 that updated and replaced the Department’s previous Freedom…

Interior Dept. Plan to Streamline FOIA Responses Alarms Transparency Groups

From: Government Executive

“An Interior Department proposed rule published late last month to ease the workload of its Freedom of Information Office staff has drawn fire from at least…

Environmentalists and Feds Reach Settlement Over Bison Mgmt

From: Courthouse News

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said “a new era may be dawning” over management of the National Bison Range in Moiese, Montana. Management…

Trump’s EPA Just Handed Another Gift to Big Polluters: Letter to the Editor

From: Cleveland

“With new rules imposing the greatest restrictions on the Clean Water Act since its passage in 1972, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has handed yet another…


News Releases

BISON RANGE DEAL TO BE SIGNED DESPITE OBJECTIONS

Lingering Questions on Terms, Costs and Consequences

ATV TRAIL MASTER CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL LOGGING

More Than 150 Trees Cut; Trial Date Set for January

EPA STIFLES OBJECTIONS TO BUSH ROADLESS PLAN

Water Quality, Habitat and Other Concerns Cut from Comments to Forest Service

CHANGES IN BISON RANGE DEAL; SIGNING DELAYED

FWS Retirees Protest That Concerns Still Not Addressed

EPA SET TO ACCEPT HUMAN PESTICIDE DOSING STUDIES

"Senior Agency Officials" to Decide Ethical Concerns on "Case-By-Case Basis"