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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…


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MALHEUR SIEGE STILL SHADOWS RANGE AND REFUGES

Survey Reflects Federal Land Management Workers’ Growing Safety Worries

DONALD TRUMP’S POSTPONED SCIENCE TEST

Political Screening of Science Backfires as Scientific Integrity Policies Dangle

TRUMP HIRING FREEZE HAMSTRINGS HIS OWN AGENDA

Energy and Other Initiatives Require More People in Staff-Starved Agencies

OMB DIRECTOR SHOULD END FEDERAL LAND AND WATER RIP-OFFS

Start Collecting Fair Market Rents and Stop Leaving Taxpayers Holding the Bag

TRUMP SHUTDOWN OF PARK SERVICE TWITTER OMINOUS

Retweet of Article on Smaller Trump Inauguration Brings Crackdown