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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

FOREST SERVICE RANGERS AT RECORD LOW LEVELS

Assaults and Threats against Forest Workers Spike but Decline in Other Agencies

INTERIOR NOMINEE TIED TO ARCTIC REFUGE SCIENTIFIC FRAUD

Bernhardt Aided Misleading Congress about Oil Drilling Effects in Arctic Refuge

U.S. PARK POLICE FORCE LEVELS DROPPING – ESPECIALLY IN DC

Fewer Park Police Despite Record Visitation and Anti-Trump Demonstrations

PARK RANGER FORCE CONTINUES SHRIVELING AS VISITATION SWELLS

Park Law Enforcement Program Adrift without Standards, Resources or Leadership

BEAR MAULING DOES NOT DETER PARK OK OF NEW TRAIL RUN

Valles Caldera Minimizes Safety and Wildlife Impacts in Greenlighting another Race