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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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Hyper-Partisanship Sidelines Historic Congressional Monument Role

REMINDERS WHY PALIN WOULD BE TERRIBLE INTERIOR SECRETARY

Her Alaskan Record Reflects Rabid Anti-Science Approach to Environmental Issues

PARK SERVICE MYOPIC DRIVE FOR POLITICALLY CORRECT SCIENCE

Pretentious New Resource Planning Directive Hopelessly Conflicted and Amorphous

CELL COVERAGE TO WASH ACROSS NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS

Theodore Roosevelt Spins in Grave Over Tower Named for Him in Namesake Park