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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

JERSEY OPEN SPACE MEASURE CANNIBALIZES PARKS & ECO-PROGRAMS

Zeros Out Park Maintenance Money and Forces Layoffs in Waste & Water Programs

COURT RULING UNDERCUTS DC RESIDENT HIRING PREFERENCE

Residents Still Excluded from City Job Applicant Pools Before Preference Applied

NEVADA RANCHERS SUFFER FROM SELF-DELUDED DROUGHT DENIAL

Data Backs BLM Manager’s Allotment Cuts in Face of “Cowboy Express” Protest

JUSTICE PUSHES WHISTLEBLOWER BOUNTIES AS EPA ABANDONS THEM

Declining EPA Prosecutions Reflect Low Priority for Corporate Pollution vs. Fraud

DISTRICT ATTORNEY CALLED ON NEW PCB FINDINGS IN MALIBU SCHOOLS

School District Threatens Fearful Children with Truancy, Teachers with Termination