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From: KFSK “Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday voted to send a letter to the chief of the U.S. Forest Service asking the federal agency to fix problems with oversight and administration of timber sales on the Tongass National Forest. Area residents who have been pushing the municipal ...

From: Wyoming Public Media “An agency spokesperson wouldn’t comment on why she is being investigated. But Lehnertz is being temporarily replaced by Woody Smeck, current superintendent of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, on November 11th. “That suggests that the investigation ...

From: E&E News “Job satisfaction at the Chemical Safety Board has declined again after a brief turnaround under the leadership of former Chairwoman Vanessa Allen Sutherland, leading government watchdogs to question the management of the long-troubled agency. Sixty-one of 72 questions ...

From: E&E News “In the past, EPA has used a “screening threshold” of 1 percent of the standard, which in this case equates to 0.7 ppb, Peter Tsirigotis, head of EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, wrote in the memo. But in examining other options, ...

From: The Daily Caller “Obama administration appointees are “working toward a union takeover” of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), two sources familiar with the matter told The Daily Caller News Foundation. CSB board members are expected to vote an Obama administration appointee ...

From: CNN “The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly signaled it may allow states to release more ozone air pollution, commonly known as smog, dirtying the air in those states and neighboring ones, but the agency did not review the health impact of such a move. The Trump ...