“Jeff Ruch, Pacific director for the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said individuals should follow Fauci’s guidance and not attend fireworks displays either on the National Mall or Mount Rushmore. “Park Service and other government workers working ...

“EPA announced yesterday it would terminate a controversial temporary enforcement policy this summer that allowed companies to ease reporting requirements. Former EPA attorney Tim Whitehouse welcomed the news but claimed a larger environmental enforcement reprieve during the Trump ...

“It is a frosty March morning in the Hoh Rainforest, deep within Olympic National Park in Washington state. The forest is full of Jurassic ferns, hanging moss, and towering spruce and cedars, but what I hope to find is an absence. I seek a spot known as the “One Square Inch of ...

“The Trump administration’s response to a pandemic that has killed more than 120,000 Americans and forced much of the country into a devastating economic slowdown has been a massive failure, leading to new levels of anger and disappointment at the president. But none of that has ...

“President Trump on Friday nominated William Perry Pendley, who has controversially served as the acting head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for months, to lead the agency. “Pendley has a long record of opposing the very existence of the public lands he now oversees,” ...

“There is growing scientific evidence that the COVID-19 virus disproportionately impacts those with compromised immune systems. Unfortunately, segments of the Colorado public may be more at risk because of long standing contamination from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), ...

“President Donald Trump on Friday said he plans to nominate William Perry Pendley, a controversial figure who would become Trump’s first head of the agency managing one-tenth of the nation’s land mass and vast amounts of underground oil, gas and minerals. Pendley’s ...

“In 2018, I went on a solo backpacking trip into the wild stone labyrinth of the Needles district in Canyonlands National Park. I had an iPhone with me, which I was using as a camera, and on a lark I decided to see if I could catch a signal. Sure enough, I could. I vowed ...

“EPA has received several notices from companies and local governments asserting that they may have to break settlement agreements in administrative cases because of COVID-19. Whitehouse, now the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said EPA must ...

“According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were close to 90,000 coal mining jobs in 2012, compared with 46,600 today. In the last decade, more than 300 coal-fired power plants have retired, eliminating coal-related jobs in the power sector. In Maryland, the Legislature ...

“Usually when public comments are filed with a federal agency, they are made, well, public. Not so for the Bureau of Land Management, which is demanding that in some cases, such comments only be obtained through the cumbersome Freedom of Information Act. “Ultimately, it’s the ...

“EPA has rolled out a proposal that would require public comments on new regulatory guidance documents and allow petitions for killing old ones. “EPA is trying to use a 19th-century statute giving department heads the right to manage personnel and internal record keeping to ...

“The Interior Department yesterday dismissed criticism that Secretary David Bernhardt may have misused taxpayer funds to tout a massive public lands bill, calling the accusation “frivolous.” The national nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) ...

“More than two weeks after the U.S. Park Police and other federal law officers forcefully cleared Lafayette Square of protestors, allowing President Donald Trump to pose for pictures with a Bible in hand, the department is under scrutiny from Congress and the public over its tactics ...

“On Thursday, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden announced that he is co-sponsoring legislation that would ensure whistleblower protections for people who expose the misuse of government funds, intended to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. His release said the bill is endorsed by the American Civil ...

“The state Department of Environmental Protection has failed to send federal regulators reports about the safety of watersheds in Massachusetts, according to the state auditor. “DEP’s excuses don’t pass the straight-face test,” said Kyla Bennett, director of Public Employees ...

“The multi-trillion-dollar federal spending to address COVID-19, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (PPP) create a multitude of opportunities for fraud.  And indeed the SEC and DOJ ...

“Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday he is co-sponsoring legislation that would ensure whistleblower protections for people who expose misuse of government funds intended to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill is endorsed by American Civil Liberties Union, ACORN 8, ...

“Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Chip Roy (R-Texas) today introduced legislation to further prevent insider trading by members of Congress and increase government accountability. The bipartisan TRUST in Congress Act has been endorsed by many key advocacy and government ...

“U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on Monday introduced the COVID-19 Whistleblower Protection Act, legislation that will ensure whistleblower protections for people who expose misuse of government funds that are ...