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“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 ...

“Two advocacy groups are threatening to sue Interior Secretary David Bernhardt if he allows the acting directors of the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service to remain in place after their terms expire next week. Bernhardt earlier this month signed an amended order ...

“At President Trump’s order, national parks across the country will reopen “as rapidly as possible,” Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in a weekend tweet. The advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said the Park Service must take ...

“A government watchdog group is raising questions about EPA protocols for its inspectors after obtaining a copy of the agency’s health guidance for the COVID-19 pandemic. The group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), charged that the agency’s ...

“Following White House guidance issued yesterday, EPA told employees in an email last night that senior agency leadership is working on a strategy to return staffers to the workplace. Kyla Bennett, a former EPA inspector now with the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental ...