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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

500 MANATEE DEATHS IN 2017…AND COUNTING

Last Year’s Mortality Spike Already Topped Before December Cold Snaps

COYOTE CONTROL BASED ON SCIENTIFIC HOUSE OF CARDS

Complaint Seeks to End Federal Reliance on Flawed 42-Year-Old Study

PRUITT SUPERFUND PLAN LEAVES NO FINGERPRINTS

Task Force Viewed No Material, Produced No Notes or Draft Recommendations

SCOTT’S PLEDGE TO RESTORE FLORIDA SPRINGS WAS A SCAM

Petroleum Cleanup $ Misdirected Outside Spring-Sheds or to Low Priority Projects

EPA URGED TO CLOSE DIRTY WATER PUBLIC NOTICE LOOPHOLES

Schools, Day-Care, Nursing Homes Lack Warning on Unsafe Drinking Water