GROUPS SUE EPA OVER LACK OF RECORDS
From: The Hill “”Under Scott Pruitt, the EPA has assumed a bunker mentality where paper trails are religiously avoided unless penned in invisible ink,” PEER counsel Adam Carlesco said in a statement. “By law, the American public has a right to know the basis for public health ...
EPA AND SCOTT PRUITT SUED BY GROUPS ALLEGING AGENCY VIOLATED FEDERAL RECORDS LAWS
From: CNBC “These actions prevent Americans from obtaining records of EPA processes and decision-making through the Freedom of Information Act, according to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.” Read more . . . ...
Crew and Peer Sue Pruitt and EPA over Federal Records Law Violations
For Immediate Release: Feb 22, 2018 Contact: Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337 Crew and Peer Sue Pruitt and EPA over Federal Records Law Violations Washington, DC —Scott Pruitt and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appear to be violating federal records laws by systematically failing ...
TRESPASSING ALIENS; GARBAGE PRIVACY; BRAND YOUR CALVES
From: High Country News “Apparently, the public will never learn about the reasoning, scientific or otherwise, that formed Pruitt’s opinion, because the Justice Department — representing the EPA — considers PEER’s Freedom of Information Act request “a trap” that would mean ...
DUELING LAWS AT PLAY IN WHETHER INTERIOR APPOINTMENTS ARE LEGAL
From: National Parks Traveler “In essence, said Michael Nixon, PEER’s strategic programs director, while the 1998 Reform Act did provide for some agency exceptions that allowed appointments to be made, the Interior Department was not among them, and so Secertary Zinke can’t now ...
