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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

MOVE TO END FEDERAL FUNDING OF ALASKA PREDATOR CONTROL

State Should Repay Noncompliant Grants and Be Barred from Future Grants

NEW JERSEY HANDS DRINKING WATER SAFEGUARDS TO DUPONT

Corporate-Dominated Science Board Asks DuPont to Self-Assess Chemical Effects

WHY U.S. IS NOT EMBRACING INHERENTLY SAFER CHEMICAL PLANTS

Chevron Richmond Refinery Explosion Ignored in GOP Red Herring Oversight

FEDS PLAN MASSIVE CORMORANT SLAUGHTER AT MOUTH OF COLUMBIA

Unprecedented Killing of Thousands of Double-Crested Cormorants on Sand Island

LAWSUIT SEEKS BUNDY DOCUMENTS AND ATTACK STATS ON BLM STAFF

BLM Stonewalls on Nevada Standoff, Post-Incident Precautions and Lessons Learned