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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

POLITICIZED SCIENCE THE BANE OF THE MEXICAN WOLF

Study Dissects How Politics Skewed Science to Jeopardize Wolf Survival

EPA PLANS TO SKEW PERMIT APPEALS TO AID POLLUTERS

Ability of Affected Communities to Appeal Permits on Chopping Block

COYOTE KILLING CONTESTS DON’T BELONG IN NATIONAL PARKS

Petition Presses Cape Cod Seashore to Sharply Limit Carnivore Hunting

EPA CRIMINAL POLLUTION ENFORCEMENT CRATERING

Referrals, Prosecutions, and Convictions Continue Freefall to Historic Lows

WATER RUSTLING FROM DEATH VALLEY CHARGED

Call for Investigation of Allegedly Illegal Diversion of Park Water for a Mine