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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

CORPS STILL "COOKING THE BOOKS" ON ECONOMIC STUDIES

Forecasts Grossly Inflated to Justify Construction

WILDLIFE ON MILITARY BASES UNDER SIEGE

Survey Cites Threats from Contracting & Military Leadership

JEB BUSH TO OK CABLE CROSSINGS IN CORAL REEF ZONES

Overriding Staff Objections, Bush Sides with Cable Companies

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS OPPOSE OPEN MARKET EMISSIONS TRADING

Groups Ask EPA For Moratorium On State Trading Programs

BLM CLOSES SURPRISE CANYON TO OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

Protects Rare Species, Wilderness Values & Water Quality