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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

LEAVITT DAMPENS EPA CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT

Promised Reforms Not Implemented, Vacancies Unfilled, Prosecutions Falling

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS COMMAND CHANGE – FOR BETTER OR WORSE?

Gen. Flowers Tenure Called "Disastrous;" Replacement an Unknown Quantity

FOREST SERVICE DROPPING ENDANGERED SPECIES, RIPARIAN & ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Forest Service Will Self-Certify Compliance Under New "Streamline" Plan

ACTING PARK POLICE CHIEF TO RETIRE WITH NO SUCCESSOR NAMED

Chief Chambers Enters 16th Week of Paid Leave; Paralysis at Interior

NATIONAL PARKS AIR POLLUTION PROTECTIONS SHREDDED

Political Appointees Overruling Scientists