E&E News

“President Trump last night signed an executive order making it easier for the federal government to fire and hire career staff. “The whole process is dubious and questionable,” said Tim Whitehouse, a former EPA attorney and current president of the group Public Employees ...

“EPA has finalized its “scientific integrity” rule, at a time when scientists inside the agency have questioned its commitment to scientific research. Kyla Bennett, a director with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, noted EPA’s latest scientific ...

“To hear him tell it, William Perry Pendley’s ousting by a federal judge last month from acting with the authority of the director of the Bureau of Land Management was no big deal. In Pendley’s interview with the Powell Tribune, he said the court cases against him ...

“The Trump administration continues to assert that a federal judge’s scathing order forbidding William Perry Pendley from leading the Bureau of Land Management has had no impact on Pendley or the bureau’s leadership. Interior has been on the offensive regarding Pendley ...

“An environmental group geared toward public employees is suing the Forest Service to obtain an audit of the agency’s timber sales from the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said it’s looking for evidence that the timber ...