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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

SCHOOL DISTRICT’S OWN TESTS SHOW SHOCKING PCB LEVELS

Highly Toxic Classrooms Still Occupied with No Abatement Date Slated

FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO FORCE TOXIC CLEANUP OF MALIBU SCHOOLS

Immediate Removal of PCBs above Legal Limits and School-Wide Testing Sought

SCOTT’S CLIMATE CHANGE GAG ORDER CLAIMS A VICTIM

DEP Employee Reprimanded, Suspended and Ordered to Get Mental Exam

COURT DISAPPROVES NEONIC PESTICIDES ON WILDLIFE REFUGES

Final Suit Rooting Genetically Engineered Crops and Related Practices from Refuges

EPA AGREES TO ADDRESS RISKS TO 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS

Whistleblower Petition Forces EPA to Examine Its Lax Corrosive Dust Limits