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The Key Questions the Senate Should Ask Trump's Nominee to Head the Department of Interior

From: Pacific Standard

“Will Bernhardt continue these practices? Will he continue the Trump administration's effort to bend public lands management to the will of the fossil fuel powers?…

Court Orders Chemical Safety Board to Get Cracking on Reporting Rules

From: Reuters

“A federal judge in Washington, DC has ordered a federal agency to issue rules in the next 12 months for reporting accidental chemical releases, handing environmental…

Watchdog Group: EPA Sharing Pro-Trump Resignation Letter Violated Laws Against Campaigning on Public Dime

From: EcoWatch

“PEER claims the press office's actions violated the Hatch Act, or An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, which mandates that civil servants not campaign…

EPA Press Office Under Fire for Releasing Politically Charged Resignation Letter

From: Government Executive

“The letter, according to news reports and confirmed by EPA to Government Executive, was provided to reporters by the press office. That prompted the nonprofit…

Feds Given 12 Months to Release Chemical Safety Rule

From: Bloomberg News

“The court rejected the CSB’s argument that the delay was reasonable given its “limited resources and competing priorities.” If their inaction is caused by a lack…


News Releases

NATIONAL PARKS PUNT ON OVERCROWDING

Statutory Requirement for Parks to Establish Carrying Capacities Widely Ignored

BAY STATE SOUTH COAST RAIL SHOULD RETURN TO DRAWING BOARD

New Review Should Revisit Unrealistic Assumptions that Sunk Stoughton Alternative

TRIBAL BISON RANGE PLAN LEAVES MANY UNCERTAINTIES

Refuge Mission, Public Access and Fate of Bison Herd Placed at Tribal Discretion

RUDDERLESS NATIONAL PARKS ADRIFT WITHOUT A COMPASS

Most Big National Park Units Lack Required General Management Plans

SKYLINE DRIVE CLOSURES AND DRONES FOR CORPORATE PARKS DONOR

Approval for Subaru Ad Shoot Hand-Carried through National Park Headquarters