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GROUPS SUE EPA OVER LACK OF RECORDS

From: The Hill

“"Under Scott Pruitt, the EPA has assumed a bunker mentality where paper trails are religiously avoided unless penned in invisible ink,” PEER counsel Adam Carlesco said…

EPA AND SCOTT PRUITT SUED BY GROUPS ALLEGING AGENCY VIOLATED FEDERAL RECORDS LAWS

From: CNBC

“These actions prevent Americans from obtaining records of EPA processes and decision-making through the Freedom of Information Act, according to Citizens for Responsibility…

TRESPASSING ALIENS; GARBAGE PRIVACY; BRAND YOUR CALVES

From: High Country News

“Apparently, the public will never learn about the reasoning, scientific or otherwise, that formed Pruitt’s opinion, because the Justice Department — representing…

DUELING LAWS AT PLAY IN WHETHER INTERIOR APPOINTMENTS ARE LEGAL

From: National Parks Traveler

“In essence, said Michael Nixon, PEER's strategic programs director, while the 1998 Reform Act did provide for some agency exceptions that allowed appointments…

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP CHARGES INTERIOR WITH ILLEGALLY FILLING TOP VACANCIES

From: Government Executive

“The current top officers at the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management are working “in blatant violation…


News Releases

FLORIDA NOT COLLECTING FINES LEVIED AGAINST LARGEST POLLUTERS

DEP Failed to Collect $45 Million Over 15 Years

BLM STALLS SAND MOUNTAIN PLAN AS BUSY WEEKEND APPROACHES

Bush Administration Working Only With Off-roaders

FOREST SERVICE SECRETLY TARGETING SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS FOR MAJOR LOGGING

Changes Forest Plans

VIOLENCE AGAINST PARK RANGERS REMAINS HIGH

Two Deaths and 98 Attacks in 2002, NPS Assailed for Ignoring Growing Trend

MORE ATTACKS ON FEDERAL RESOURCE EMPLOYEES

Violence Against Forest Service, BLM and Wildlife Staff Rises for Third Straight Year