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“Fifty-seven percent of EPA staff said they were dissatisfied with the agency’s release of scientific information to the public, according to an agency watchdog report posted today. Tim Whitehouse, a former EPA enforcement attorney, called the results “awful” and ...

“Interior Secretary David Bernhardt violated the Constitution and federal laws by reappointing acting directors to public lands agencies, a new federal lawsuit charges. The lawsuit targets Bernhardt’s decision to add “exercising the authority of director” to the ...

“Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has extended the tenure of William Perry Pendley as acting chief of the Bureau of Land Management for another 30 days despite a threat from advocacy groups to challenge the appointment in federal court. In addition to Pendley, Bernhardt’s ...

“A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is forcing agencies to carry out statutory obligations on national park flight tours after a “nineteen-year holdup.” The groups Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the ...

“Environmental groups launched their legal assault on the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act rule today, filing a lawsuit that claims it would have “devastating consequences on water quality across the country.” The Southern Environmental Law Center also led a ...