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Post-Shutdown, An Ocean of Outrage Greets Interior’s Proposed FOIA Changes

From: Think Progress

“More than 130 groups and organizations have submitted public comments opposing the Interior Department’s efforts to crack down on public information requests —…

Proposed FOIA Rule Provokes Response

From: Coastal Review

“Information provided on the Federal Register states that the Department published a final rule in 2012 that updated and replaced the Department’s previous Freedom…

Interior Dept. Plan to Streamline FOIA Responses Alarms Transparency Groups

From: Government Executive

“An Interior Department proposed rule published late last month to ease the workload of its Freedom of Information Office staff has drawn fire from at least…

Environmentalists and Feds Reach Settlement Over Bison Mgmt

From: Courthouse News

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said “a new era may be dawning” over management of the National Bison Range in Moiese, Montana. Management…

Trump’s EPA Just Handed Another Gift to Big Polluters: Letter to the Editor

From: Cleveland

“With new rules imposing the greatest restrictions on the Clean Water Act since its passage in 1972, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has handed yet another…


News Releases

FIG LEAVES NO COVER FOR DRINKING WATER RADIATION ROLLBACK

Final Approval for Radical Radiation Rise in Water Supplies after Nuclear Release

LAST MINUTE MANEUVER ON BISON RANGE GIVEAWAY A LONG SHOT

PEER Suit Blocking Transfer Bolstered by Reversal and Tacit Admission of Fault

FEDERAL ANIMAL DISEASE LAB AWASH IN DEFICIENCIES

Independent Accreditation Urged to Ensure Integrity of Research Results

PARK SERVICE CORPORATE $ PLAN MIGHTILY WATERED DOWN

Key Planks Jettisoned While Others Made Contingent on Uncertain Future Steps

CAN WE EXPECT MORE FLINT DEBACLES IN A PRUITT-LED EPA?

Call for Commitment to Revive Declining Enforcement and Strengthen Oversight