Interior backtracks on coal nominee’s title
by E&E News | August 10, 2020
“The head of the Interior Department’s coal mining bureau has a new title. Lanny Erdos, who has been leading the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) for 10 months, was previously the agency’s acting director. Watchdog groups noted in an E&E ...
With Tactics Honed on Climate Change, Ken Cuccinelli Turned to the Portland Streets
by Inside Climate News |
“When Ken Cuccinelli was Virginia Attorney General a decade ago, he pursued an extraordinary legal campaign against one of the nation’s top climate scientists, in essence accusing him of fraud for his research tracking the rise in global temperatures. At the same time, ...
EPA Sued for Records Over Delayed Interactive PFAS Data Map
by Bloomberg Law |
“The Environmental Protection Agency is failing to release records linked to a delayed interactive map for identifying local sources of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Washington. The EPA said in its per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...
Washington GOP Nominates Extremist Sheriff For Governor
by The National Memo | August 9, 2020
“It’s not the first time that Republicans in Washington state have chosen a far-right gadfly as their nominee for the governorship, but Tuesday’s primary in which Loren Culp—a small-town cop who has never previously run for elective office—outpaced a large field to ...
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Introduces Bill to Protect Congressional Whistleblowers from Retaliation
by Sierra Sun Times |
“Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday introduced the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act, a bill to strengthen protections for federal whistleblowers who share valuable information with Congress. The bill is endorsed by the ...