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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

SUIT TO NIX DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT SHOOT-ON-SIGHT ORDERS

Legal Bid to Save a Quarter-Million Aquatic Birds from Slaughter across 24 States

NEW MALIBU TESTS SHOW ALARMING CLASSROOM CONTAMINATION

Severe Health Risk from Most Toxic Form of PCBs in Stratospheric Concentrations

SCIENTIST LEGAL DEFENSE PROGRAM LAUNCHED

Network for Pro Bono “Legal Protection of Science” and Web Law Center

ACCOUNTABILITY & THE PARK SERVICE – LIKE OIL AND WATER

Canaveral Seashore Probe Finds Fraud, Nepotism & Mismanagement but No Action

MALIBU SCHOOLS WILL REMOVE KNOWN PCBS BUT WON’T TEST FOR THEM

Will School Act on Independent EPA-Lab Tests with Ultra-High Illegal PCB Levels?