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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

FEDERALS CONSIDER PROTECTION FOR IMPERILED CHERRY POINT HERRING

Scientists initiate status review in response to citizen petition

COURT FINDS BUSH ADMINISTRATION DESERT SPECIES PERMITS ILLEGAL

Landmark decision finds U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service used illegal definition

WYOMING WILD HORSE HERD ON BRINK OF STARVATION

Emergency Removal of Horses But Not Cattle Inspector General Report on Grazing Enforcement Stalled

BUSH ADMINISTRATION HACKS DUNES ENDANGERED SPECIES CRITICAL HABITAT

Local FWS biologists' science-based proposal gutted

CORPS VIOLATES ITS OWN RULES ON MISSISSIPPI STUDY

$70 Million "Draft" Is Internally Inconsistent, Intentionally Inaccurate & Incomplete